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Molecular evidence for multiple origins of hybridogenetic fish clones (Poeciliidae:Poeciliopsis).
Genetics - 1 Feb 1991
Quattro J M, Avise J C, Vrijenhoek R C
Abstract excerpt
Hybrid matings between the sexual species Poeciliopsis monacha and Poeciliopsis lucida produced a series of diploid all-female lineages of P. monacha-lucida that inhabit the Río Fuerte of northwestern Mexico. Restriction site analyses of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) clearly revealed that P. monacha was the maternal ancestor of these hybrids. The high level of mtDNA diversity in P. monacha was mirrored by similarly...
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