Genetic causes of transitions from sexual reproduction to asexuality in plants and animals

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1346-1359

  Neiman, M ^a   Sharbel, T F ^b   Schwander, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Asexual reproduction; Constraints; Genetic architecture; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; APOMIXIS; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT; POLYPLOIDY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT; POLYPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANTS; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 84903441000     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12357     Document Type: Article

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