Influence of genome and bio-ecology on the prevalence of genome exchange in unisexuals of the Ambystoma complex

Abstract Background Unisexuals of the blue-spotted salamander complex are thought to reproduce by kleptogenesis. Genome exchanges associated with this sperm-dependent mode of reproduction are expected to result in a higher genetic variation and multiple ploidy levels compared to clonality. However,...

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Main Authors: France Beauregard, Bernard Angers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1200-7