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Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal

Despite abandoning meiosis, the bdelloid rotifers have persisted for millions of years and given rise to hundreds of species. Several mechanisms - allelic variants with different functions, high effective population size, and resistance to radiation - may contribute to their success.

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Autores principales: Rice, William R, Friberg, Urban
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2246254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18177507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-12-232
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spelling pubmed-22462542008-02-20 Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal Rice, William R Friberg, Urban Genome Biol Minireview Despite abandoning meiosis, the bdelloid rotifers have persisted for millions of years and given rise to hundreds of species. Several mechanisms - allelic variants with different functions, high effective population size, and resistance to radiation - may contribute to their success. BioMed Central 2007 2007-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2246254/ /pubmed/18177507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-12-232 Text en Copyright © 2007 BioMed Central Ltd
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title Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal
title_full Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal
title_fullStr Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal
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title_short Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal
title_sort genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2246254/
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