Genome-Wide Allele-Specific Expression in Obligately Asexual Daphnia pulex and the Implications for the Genetic Basis of Asexuality.

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Although obligately asexual lineages are thought to experience selective disadvantages associated with reduced efficiency of fixing beneficial mutations and purging deleterious mutations, such lineages are phylogenetically and geographically widespread. However, despite several genome-wide association studies, little is known about the genetic elements underlying the origin of obligate asexuality and how they...

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• Alleles
• Daphnia
• CP gene
• Genome-Wide Association Study
• Hybridization, Genetic