Genomic signatures of ancient asexual lineages

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-84

  Normark, Benjamin B ^a   Judson, Olivia P ^b   Moran, Nancy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bdelloid rotifers; Darwinulid ostracods; Eukaryotic genome; Molecular studies; Mycorrhizal fungi; Selection; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; SELECTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

BDELLOIDA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0037737954     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00182.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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