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Phylogeographic reconstruction of the marbled crayfish origin.
Communications biology - 17 Sept 2021
Gutekunst Julian, Maiakovska Olena, Hanna Katharina, Provataris Panagiotis, Horn Hannes, Wolf Stephan, Skelton Christopher E, Dorn Nathan J, Lyko Frank
Abstract excerpt
The marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) is a triploid and parthenogenetic freshwater crayfish species that has colonized diverse habitats around the world. Previous studies suggested that the clonal marbled crayfish population descended as recently as 25 years ago from a single specimen of P. fallax, the sexually reproducing parent species. However, the genetic, phylogeographic, and mechanistic origins of...
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