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Quantifying the threat of extinction from Muller's ratchet in the diploid Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa)

BACKGROUND: The Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) is a small unisexual fish that has been suspected of being threatened by extinction from the stochastic accumulation of slightly deleterious mutations that is caused by Muller's ratchet in non-recombining populations. However, no detailed quantifi...

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Autores principales: Loewe, Laurence, Lamatsch, Dunja K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18366680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-88