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Tempo and mode of recurrent polyploidization in the Carassius auratus species complex (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae).
Heredity - 1 Apr 2014
Luo J, Gao Y, Ma W, Bi X-y, Wang S-y, Wang J, Wang Y-q, Chai J, Du R, Wu S-f, Meyer A, Zan R-g, Xiao H, Murphy R W, Zhang Y-p
Abstract excerpt
Polyploidization is an evolutionarily rare but important mechanism in both plants and animals because it increases genetic diversity. Goldfish of the Carassius auratus species complex can be tetraploids, hexaploids and octaploids. Polyploidization events have occurred repeatedly in goldfish, yet the extent of this phenomenon and its phyletic history are poorly understood. We explore the origin, tempo and...
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