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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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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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author | Rice, William R Friberg, Urban |
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description | 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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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 |
spellingShingle | Minireview Rice, William R Friberg, Urban Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal |
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 |
title_full_unstemmed | Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal |
title_short | Genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal |
title_sort | genomic clues to an ancient asexual scandal |
topic | Minireview |
url | 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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