Clonal hybrids of the common laboratory fish Fundulus heteroclitus.

doi:10.1073/pnas.89.6.2485

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Clonal hybrids of the common laboratory fish Fundulus heteroclitus.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Mar 1992

Dawley R M

Abstract excerpt

All-female hybrids of the killifishes Fundulus heteroclitus and Fundulus diaphanus, known from two sites in Nova Scotia, Canada, are shown to reproduce clonally. Isozyme analysis of crosses between female hybrids and male F. heteroclitus reveals that their progeny are genetically identical and sh...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genetic Carrier Screening
Genetic Variation
Hybridization, Genetic
In Vitro Techniques
Isoenzymes
Killifishes

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