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Allele Sharing and Evidence for Sexuality in a Mitochondrial Clade of Bdelloid Rotifers.
Genetics - 1 Jun 2015
Signorovitch Ana, Hur Jae, Gladyshev Eugene, Meselson Matthew
Abstract excerpt
Rotifers of Class Bdelloidea are common freshwater invertebrates of ancient origin whose apparent asexuality has posed a challenge to the view that sexual reproduction is essential for long-term evolutionary success in eukaryotes and to hypotheses for the advantage of sex. The possibility nevertheless exists that bdelloids reproduce sexually under unknown or inadequately investigated conditions. Although certain...
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