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Relating hybrid advantage and genome replacement in unisexual salamanders.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2012
Charney Noah D
Abstract excerpt
Unisexual vertebrates are model systems for understanding the evolution of sex. Many predominantly clonal lineages allow occasional genetic recombination, which may be sufficient to avoid the accumulation of deleterious mutations and parasites. Introgression of paternal DNA into an all-female lineage represents a one-way flow of genetic material. Over many generations, this could result in complete replacement of...
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