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How does the 'ancient' asexual Philodina roseola (Rotifera: Bdelloidea) handle potential UVB-induced mutations?
The Journal of experimental biology - 15 Aug 2013
Fischer Claus, Ahlrichs Wilko H, Buma Anita G J, van de Poll Willem H, Bininda-Emonds Olaf R P
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Like other obligate asexuals, bdelloid rotifers are expected to suffer from degradation of their genomes through processes including the accumulation of deleterious mutations. However, sequence-based analyses in this regard remain inconclusive. Instead of looking for historical footprints of mutations in these ancient asexuals, we directly examined the susceptibility and ability to repair point mutations by the...
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