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Polyploidy in animals: effects of gene expression on sex determination, evolution and ecology.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2013
Wertheim B, Beukeboom L W, van de Zande L
Abstract excerpt
Polyploidy is rarer in animals than in plants. Why? Since Muller's observation in 1925, many hypotheses have been proposed and tested, but none were able to completely explain this intriguing fact. New genomic technologies enable the study of whole genomes to explain the constraints on or consequences of polyploidization, rather than focusing on specific genes or life history characteristics. Here, we review a...
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