Hybrid crosses and the genetic basis of interspecific divergence in lifespan in Pristionchus nematodes.

doi:10.1111/jeb.13022

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Hybrid crosses and the genetic basis of interspecific divergence in lifespan in Pristionchus nematodes.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Mar 2017

Weadick C J, Sommer R J

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Characterizing the genetic basis of among-species variation in lifespan is a major goal of evolutionary gerontology research, but the very feature that defines separate species - the inability to interbreed - makes achieving this goal impractical, if not impossible, for most taxa. Pristionchus ne...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genetic Variation
Genome
Longevity
Nematoda
Species Specificity

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