Mutation accumulation and fitness effects in hybridogenetic populations: a comparison to sexual and asexual systems
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Female only unisexual vertebrates that reproduce by hybridogenesis show an unusual genetic composition. They are of hybrid origin but show no recombination between the genomes of their parental species. Instead, the paternal genome i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/80 |