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Hakuna Nematoda: genetic and phenotypic diversity in African isolates of Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae.
Heredity - 1 Mar 2008
Dolgin E S, Félix M-A, Cutter A D
Abstract excerpt
Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae have many parallels in terms of morphology, life history and breeding system. Both species also share similar low levels of molecular diversity, although the global sampling of natural populations has been limited and geographically biased. In this study, we describe the first cultured isolates of C. elegans and C. briggsae from sub-Saharan Africa. We characterize these...
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