Evolution of asexuality in insects : Polyploidy, hybridization and geographical parthenogenesis
Asexual reproduction and polyploidy are relatively rare in animals with chromosomal sex determination and always represent a derived condition. To accomplish asexual reproduction several changes in gene expression are required in the mechanism of oogenesis. Polyploidy increases the cell volume and a...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Teknisk-naturvetenskaplig fakultet)
2007
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-980 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-257-7 |