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Genomic Features of Parthenogenetic Animals.
The Journal of heredity - 12 Mar 2021
Jaron Kamil S, Bast Jens, Nowell Reuben W, Ranallo-Benavidez T Rhyker, Robinson-Rechavi Marc, Schwander Tanja
Abstract excerpt
Evolution without sex is predicted to impact genomes in numerous ways. Case studies of individual parthenogenetic animals have reported peculiar genomic features that were suggested to be caused by their mode of reproduction, including high heterozygosity, a high abundance of horizontally acquired genes, a low transposable element load, or the presence of palindromes. We systematically characterized these genomic...
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