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The marbled crayfish as a paradigm for saltational speciation by autopolyploidy and parthenogenesis in animals

The parthenogenetic all-female marbled crayfish is a novel research model and potent invader of freshwater ecosystems. It is a triploid descendant of the sexually reproducing slough crayfish, Procambarus fallax, but its taxonomic status has remained unsettled. By cross-breeding experiments and paren...

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Autores principales: Vogt, Günter, Falckenhayn, Cassandra, Schrimpf, Anne, Schmid, Katharina, Hanna, Katharina, Panteleit, Jörn, Helm, Mark, Schulz, Ralf, Lyko, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26519519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.014241