Evolutionary mechanisms of runaway chromosome number change in Agrodiaetus butterflies

Abstract Despite predictions of the classic, hybrid-sterility model of chromosomal speciation, some organisms demonstrate high rate of karyotype evolution. This rate is especially impressive in Agrodiaetus butterflies that rapidly evolved the greatest chromosome number diversity known in animal king...

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Main Authors: Alisa O. Vershinina, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08525-6