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The second highest chromosome count among vertebrates is observed in cultured sturgeon and is associated with genome plasticity.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 11 Feb 2016
Havelka Miloš, Bytyutskyy Dmytro, Symonová Radka, Ráb Petr, Flajšhans Martin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One of the five basal actinopterygian lineages, the Chondrostei, including sturgeon, shovelnose, and paddlefish (Order Acipenseriformes) show extraordinary ploidy diversity associated with three rounds of lineage-specific whole-genome duplication, resulting in three levels of ploidy in sturgeon. Recently, incidence of spontaneous polyploidization has been reported among cultured sturgeon and it could...
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