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Mitochondrial DNA diversity in an apomictic Daphnia complex from the Canadian high arctic.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 1995
Van Raay T J, Crease T J
Abstract excerpt
Cyclic parthenogenesis is the ancestral mode of reproduction in the cladoceran crustacean, Daphnia pulex, but some populations have made the transition to obligate parthenogenesis and this is the only mode of reproduction known to occur in arctic populations. Melanism and polyploidy are also common in arctic populations of this species. Prior allozyme studies of arctic D. pulex revealed substantial levels of...
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