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Local adaptation of sex induction in a facultative sexual crustacean: insights from QTL mapping and natural populations of Daphnia magna.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2013
Roulin Anne C, Routtu Jarkko, Hall Matthew D, Janicke Tim, Colson Isabelle, Haag Christoph R, Ebert Dieter
Abstract excerpt
Dormancy is a common adaptation in invertebrates to survive harsh conditions. Triggered by environmental cues, populations produce resting eggs that allow them to survive temporally unsuitable conditions. Daphnia magna is a crustacean that reproduces by cyclical parthenogenesis, alternating between the production of asexual offspring and the sexual reproduction of diapausing eggs (ephippia). Prior to ephippia...
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