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Quantifying the threat of extinction from Muller's ratchet in the diploid Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa).

BMC evolutionary biology - 19 Mar 2008

Loewe Laurence, Lamatsch Dunja K

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BACKGROUND: The Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) is a small unisexual fish that has been suspected of being threatened by extinction from the stochastic accumulation of slightly deleterious mutations that is caused by Muller's ratchet in non-recombining populations. However, no detailed quantification of the extent of this threat is available. RESULTS: Here we quantify genomic decay in this fish by using a simple...

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PMID: 18366680
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-88
PMCID: PMC2292145

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