Frozen F1's amidst a masterpiece of nature: New insights into the rare hybrid origin of gynogenesis in the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5086-5089

  Rogers, S M ^a   Vamosi, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

asexual; gynogenesis; hybridogenesis; parthenogenesis; Poecilia; sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POECILIA; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

POECILIA; POECILIA FORMOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649581929     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04890.x     Document Type: Article

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