Rise and persistence of animal polyploidy: Evolutionary constraints and potential

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 140, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 151-170

  Choleva, L ^a,c   Janko, K ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asexual; Clonal; Hybrid; Polyploidization; Sexual

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLOPOLYPLOIDY; AMPHIBIA; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; AUTOPOLYPLOIDY; CLONE; DIPLOIDY; GENE DUPLICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL POPULATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TRIPLOIDY; BIRD; BUFO; BUMBLEBEE; CAELIFERA; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; ENDOREDUPLICATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERTILIZATION; FISH GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENOME SIZE; GENOTYPE; HABITAT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYBRID; HYBRID ZONE; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; INVERTEBRATE; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; LIZARD; MATING; OSTRACOD; PARTHENOGENESIS; PELOPHYLAX ESCULENTUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLLOMEDUSA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SALAMANDER; SHELLFISH; STURGEON; TAXON; TETRAPLOIDY; UNREDUCED GAMETE; WEEVIL; XENOPUS;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; ANURA; CELL NUCLEUS SIZE; CELL SIZE; DIPLOIDY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME SIZE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879762294     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353464     Document Type: Article

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