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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |