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Molecular Evolution of Freshwater Snails with Contrasting Mating Systems.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2015
Burgarella Concetta, Gayral Philippe, Ballenghien Marion, Bernard Aurélien, David Patrice, Jarne Philippe, Correa Ana, Hurtrez-Boussès Sylvie, Escobar Juan, Galtier Nicolas, Glémin Sylvain
Abstract excerpt
Because mating systems affect population genetics and ecology, they are expected to impact the molecular evolution of species. Self-fertilizing species experience reduced effective population size, recombination rates, and heterozygosity, which in turn should decrease the efficacy of natural selection, both adaptive and purifying, and the strength of meiotic drive processes such as GC-biased gene conversion. The...
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