Diversity in the reproductive modes of European Daphnia pulicaria deviates from the geographical parthenogenesis.

Multiple transitions to obligate parthenogenesis have occurred in the Daphnia pulex complex in North America. These newly formed asexual lineages are differentially distributed being found predominantly at high latitudes. This conforms to the rule of geographical parthenogenesis postulating prevalen...

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Main Authors: France Dufresne, Silvia Marková, Roland Vergilino, Marc Ventura, Petr Kotlík
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3104988?pdf=render