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Revisiting Suppression of Interspecies Hybrid Male Lethality in Caenorhabditis Nematodes.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 3 Apr 2017
Ryan Lauren E, Haag Eric S
Abstract excerpt
Within the nematode genus Caenorhabditis, Caenorhabditis briggsae and C. nigoni are among the most closely related species known. They differ in sexual mode, with C. nigoni retaining the ancestral XO male-XX female outcrossing system, while C. briggsae recently evolved self-fertility and an XX-biased sex ratio. Wild-type C. briggsae and C. nigoni can produce fertile hybrid XX female progeny, but XO progeny are...
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