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Chromosome numbers in three species groups of freshwater flatworms increase with increasing latitude

Polyploidy in combination with parthenogenesis offers advantages for plasticity and the evolution of a broad ecological tolerance of species. Therefore, a positive correlation between the level of ploidy and increasing latitude as a surrogate for environmental harshness has been suggested. Such a po...

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Autores principales: Lorch, Sven, Zeuss, Dirk, Brandl, Roland, Brändle, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4775536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27087923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1969