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Polymorphic microsatellite markers demonstrate hybridization and interspecific gene flow between lumbricid earthworm species, Eisenia andrei and E. fetida.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Jaskulak Marta, Rorat Agnieszka, Vandenbulcke Franck, Pauwels Maxime, Grzmil Paweł, Plytycz Barbara
Abstract excerpt
The lumbricid earthworms Eisenia andrei (Ea) and E. fetida (Ef) have been used as model organisms for studies on hybridization. Previously they have been identified by species specific sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene of maternal origin ('a' or 'f') and the nuclear 28S gene of maternal/paternal origin ('A' or 'F'). In experimental crosses, these hermaphroditic species produce progeny of genotypes Ea (aAA),...
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