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Genetic diversity in the Paramecium aurelia species complex.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Feb 2009
Catania Francesco, Wurmser François, Potekhin Alexey A, Przybos Ewa, Lynch Michael
Abstract excerpt
Current understanding of the population genetics of free-living unicellular eukaryotes is limited, and the amount of genetic variability in these organisms is still a matter of debate. We characterized-reproductively and genetically-worldwide samples of multiple Paramecium species belonging to a cryptic species complex, Paramecium aurelia, whose species have been shown to be reproductively isolated. We found that...
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