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Genetic exchange with an outcrossing sister species causes severe genome-wide dysregulation in a selfing Caenorhabditis nematode.
Genome research - 1 Jan 2000
Xie Dongying, Ye Pohao, Ma Yiming, Li Yongbin, Liu Xiao, Sarkies Peter, Zhao Zhongying
Abstract excerpt
Different modes of reproduction evolve rapidly, with important consequences for genome composition. Selfing species often occupy a similar niche as their outcrossing sister species with which they are able to mate and produce viable hybrid progeny, raising the question of how they maintain genomic identity. Here, we investigate this issue by using the nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae, which reproduces as a...
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