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Environmental gradients structure Daphnia pulex × pulicaria clonal distribution.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Apr 2011
Pantel J H, Juenger T E, Leibold M A
Abstract excerpt
The rarity of eukaryotic asexual reproduction is frequently attributed to the disadvantage of reduced genetic variation relative to sexual reproduction. However, parthenogenetic lineages that evolved repeatedly from sexual ancestors can generate regional pools of phenotypically diverse clones. Various theories to explain the maintenance of this genetic diversity as a result of environmental and spatial...
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