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Asexual and sexual hybrids between Fundulus diaphanus and F. heteroclitus in the Canadian Atlantic region.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2007
Hernández Chávez Cecilia, Turgeon Julie
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Levels and origins of clonal diversity in asexual hybrid animals are critical to understanding how they can coexist with their sexual progenitor species. In this study, asexual gynogenetic hybrids between Fundulus diaphanus and Fundulus heteroclitus known from two sites in Nova Scotia (Canada) were characterized using discriminant morphological traits, eight microsatellite loci, and mitochondrial DNA. Fifteen...
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