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Isolation of a cancer-associated microchromosome in the sperm-dependent parthenogen Poecilia formosa.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2011
Lamatsch D K, Trifonov V, Schories S, Epplen J T, Schmid M, Schartl M
Abstract excerpt
In the asexual all-female fish species Poecilia formosa, the Amazon molly, supernumerary chromosomes have frequently been found in both laboratory-reared and wild-caught individuals. While wild-caught individuals with B chromosomes are phenotypically indifferent from conspecifics, individuals carrying B chromosomes from recent introgression events in the laboratory show phenotypic changes. Former analyses showed...
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