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Chin TA, Cristescu ME. Speciation in Daphnia. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:1398-1418. [PMID: 33522056 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The microcrustacean Daphnia is arguably one of the most studied zooplankton species, having a well understood ecology, life history, and a relatively well studied evolutionary history. Despite this wealth of knowledge, species boundaries within closely related species in this genus often remain elusive and the major evolutionary forces driving the diversity of daphniids remain controversial. This genus contains more than 80 species with multiple cryptic species complexes, with many closely related species able to hybridize. Here, we review speciation research in Daphnia within the framework of current speciation theory. We evaluate the role of geography, ecology, and biology in restricting gene flow and promoting diversification. Of the 253 speciation studies on Daphnia, the majority of studies examine geographic barriers (55%). While evidence shows that geographic barriers play a role in species divergence, ecological barriers are also probably prominent in Daphnia speciation. We assess the contribution of ecological and nonecological reproductive isolating barriers between closely related species of Daphnia and found that none of the reproductive isolating barriers are restricting gene flow completely. Research on reproductive isolating barriers has disproportionally focused on two species complexes, the Daphnia pulex and Daphnia longispina species complexes. Finally, we identify areas of research that remain relatively unexplored and discuss future research directions that build our understanding of speciation in daphniids.
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- Tiffany A Chin
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Tian X, Ohtsuki H, Urabe J. Evolution of asexual Daphnia pulex in Japan: variations and covariations of the digestive, morphological and life history traits. BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:122. [PMID: 31195967 PMCID: PMC6567566 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1453-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background Several genetic lineages of obligate parthenogenetic Daphnia pulex, a common zooplankton species, have invaded Japan from North America. Among these, a lineage named JPN1 is thought to have started colonization as a single genotype several hundred to thousand years ago and subsequently produced many genotypes in Japan. To examine the phenotypic variations due to ecological drivers diverging the genotypes in new habitats, we measured heritability and variation in 17 traits, including life history, morphology and digestive traits, and the genetic distance among the D. pulex JPN1 genotypes in Japan. Results We found that most of the traits measured varied significantly among the genotypes and that heritability was highest in the morphological traits, followed by the digestive and life history traits. In addition, 93% of the variation in these traits was explained by the first three components in the principal component analysis, implying that variation of these heritable traits is not random but rather converged into a few directions. These relations among traits revealed the potential importance of predation pressures and food conditions as factors for diverging and selecting different genotypes. However, the magnitude of the difference in any single trait group did not correlate with the genetic distance. Conclusions Our findings show that the divergent traits evolved within D. pulex JPN1 lineage without genetic recombination, since their ancestral clone invaded Japan. Large variations and covariations of the phenotypic traits, irrespective of the genetic distance among the genotypes, support the view that the invasive success of D. pulex JPN1 was promoted by a genetic architecture that allowed for large phenotypic variations with a limited number of functionally important mutations without recombination. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12862-019-1453-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xiaofei Tian
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki aza Aoba, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki aza Aoba, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki aza Aoba, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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Lynch M, Spitze K, Crease T. THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE‐HISTORY VARIATION IN THE
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COMPLEX. Evolution 2017; 43:1724-1736. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb02622.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/1988] [Accepted: 05/04/1989] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Michael Lynch
- Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, Shelford Vivarium University of Illinois 606 East Healey Street Champaign IL 61820
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- Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, Shelford Vivarium University of Illinois 606 East Healey Street Champaign IL 61820
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- Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, Shelford Vivarium University of Illinois 606 East Healey Street Champaign IL 61820
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Johnson SG, Bragg E. AGE AND POLYPHYLETIC ORIGINS OF HYBRID AND SPONTANEOUS PARTHENOGENETIC
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(GASTROPODA: VIVIPARIDAE) FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. Evolution 2017; 53:1769-1781. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04561.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/1998] [Accepted: 06/10/1999] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Steven G. Johnson
- Department of Biological Sciences University of New Orleans New Orleans Louisiana 70148
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of New Orleans New Orleans Louisiana 70148
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King LM. ORIGINS OF GENOTYPIC VARIATION IN NORTH AMERICAN DANDELIONS INFERRED FROM RIBOSOMAL DNA AND CHLOROPLAST DNA RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS. Evolution 2017; 47:136-151. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1993.tb01205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/1991] [Accepted: 06/08/1992] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Parejko K, Dodson SI. THE EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF AN ANTIPREDATOR REACTION NORM:
DAPHNIA PULEX
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CHAOBORUS AMERICANUS. Evolution 2017; 45:1665-1674. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1991.tb02671.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/1990] [Accepted: 03/05/1991] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ken Parejko
- Department of Biology Saginaw Valley State University, University Center MI 48604 USA
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Innes DJ, Ginn M. A population of sexual Daphnia pulex resists invasion by asexual clones. Proc Biol Sci 2015; 281:20140564. [PMID: 24943366 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Asexual reproduction avoids the costs associated with sex, predicting that invading asexual clones can quickly replace sexual populations. Daphnia pulex populations in the Great Lakes area are predominately asexual, but the elimination of sexual populations by invading clones is poorly understood. Asexual clones were detected at low frequency in one rare sexual population in 1995, with some increase in frequency during 2003 and 2004. However, these clones remained at low frequency during further yearly sampling (2005-2013) with no evidence that the resident sexual population was in danger of elimination. There was evidence for hybridization between rare males produced by asexual clones and sexual females with the potential to produce new asexual genotypes and spread the genetic factors for asexuality. In a short-term laboratory competition experiment, the two most common asexual clones did not increase in frequency relative to a genetically diverse sexual population due in part to a greater investment in diapausing eggs that trades-off current population growth for increased contribution to the egg bank. Our results suggest that a successful invasion can be prolonged, requiring a combination of clonal genotypes with high fitness, persistence of clones in the egg bank and negative factors affecting the sexual population such as inbreeding depression resulting from population bottlenecks.
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- David J Innes
- Department of Biology, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1B 3X9
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- Department of Biology, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1B 3X9
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Vergilino R, Eagle SH, Crease TJ, Dufresne F. Impact of ploidy level on the distribution of Pokey element insertions in the Daphnia pulex complex. Mob DNA 2014; 5:1. [PMID: 24382139 PMCID: PMC3882798 DOI: 10.1186/1759-8753-5-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Transposable elements (TEs) play a major role in genome evolution. Their capacity to move and/or multiply in the genome of their host may have profound impacts on phenotypes and dramatic consequences on genome structure. The population dynamics and distribution of TEs are influenced by their mode of transposition, the availability of niches in host genomes, and host population dynamics. Theories predict an increase in the number of TE insertions following hybridization or polyploidization. Evolution of TEs in hybrids and polyploids has mostly been studied in plants; few studies have examined the impacts of hybridization and/or polyploidization on TEs in animals. Hybrids and polyploids have arisen multiple times in the Daphnia pulex complex and are thought to reproduce by obligate parthenogenesis. Our study examines the effects of ploidy level on polymorphism and number of Pokey element insertions in diploid and polyploid hybrid isolates from the Daphnia pulex complex. Results The polymorphism of Pokey insertion sites did not depend solely on either the ploidy level or the genetic background of their host; therefore, it may be the result of interactions between these parameters and other parameters such as Pokey activity, selection and/or drift. No significant effect of ploidy level was found on the number of Pokey insertions using TE display and qPCR. However, the load of Pokey insertion sites and the number of unique insertion sites were slightly (but not significantly) higher in polyploids than in diploids. Conclusions These results suggest a lack of increase in the number of Pokey insertions following polyploidization but higher availability of Pokey insertion sites in polyploids than in diploids. Compared to previous TE display and qPCR results, the load of Pokey insertions in hybrid diploids was higher than in non-hybrid sexual and asexual diploids, which suggests an increase in the density of Pokey insertions following hybridization.
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- Roland Vergilino
- Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec G5L 3A1, Canada.
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Xu S, Innes DJ, Lynch M, Cristescu ME. The role of hybridization in the origin and spread of asexuality in Daphnia. Mol Ecol 2013; 22:4549-61. [PMID: 23879327 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The molecular mechanisms leading to asexuality remain little understood despite their substantial bearing on why sexual reproduction is dominant in nature. Here, we examine the role of hybridization in the origin and spread of obligate asexuality in Daphnia pulex, arguably the best-documented case of contagious asexuality. Obligately parthenogenetic (OP) clones of D. pulex have traditionally been separated into 'hybrid' (Ldh SF) and 'nonhybrid' (Ldh SS) forms because the lactase dehydrogenase (Ldh) locus distinguishes the cyclically parthenogenetic (CP) lake dwelling Daphnia pulicaria (Ldh FF) from its ephemeral pond dwelling sister species D. pulex (Ldh SS). The results of our population genetic analyses based on microsatellite loci suggest that both Ldh SS and SF OP individuals can originate from the crossing of CP female F1 (D. pulex × D. pulicaria) and backcross with males from OP lineages carrying genes that suppress meiosis specifically in female offspring. In previous studies, a suite of diagnostic markers was found to be associated with OP in Ldh SS D. pulex lineages. Our association mapping supports a similar genetic mechanism for the spread of obligate parthenogenesis in Ldh SF OP individuals. Interestingly, our study shows that CP D. pulicaria carry many of the diagnostic microsatellite alleles associated with obligate parthenogenesis. We argue that the assemblage of mutations that suppress meiosis and underlie obligate parthenogenesis in D. pulex originated due to a unique historical hybridization and introgression event between D. pulex and D. pulicaria.
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- Sen Xu
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3P4.
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Vergilino R, Elliott TA, Desjardins-Proulx P, Crease TJ, Dufresne F. Evolution of a transposon in Daphnia hybrid genomes. Mob DNA 2013; 4:7. [PMID: 23384095 PMCID: PMC3575242 DOI: 10.1186/1759-8753-4-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Transposable elements play a major role in genome evolution. Their capacity to move and/or multiply in the genome of their host may have profound impacts on phenotypes, and may have dramatic consequences on genome structure. Hybrid and polyploid clones have arisen multiple times in the Daphnia pulex complex and are thought to reproduce by obligate parthenogenesis. Our study examines the evolution of a DNA transposable element named Pokey in the D. pulex complex. Results Portions of Pokey elements inserted in the 28S rRNA genes from various Daphnia hybrids (diploids and polyploids) were sequenced and compared to sequences from a previous study to understand the evolutionary history of the elements. Pokey sequences show a complex phylogenetic pattern. We found evidence of recombination events in numerous Pokey alleles from diploid and polyploid hybrids and also from non-hybrid diploids. The recombination rate in Pokey elements is comparable to recombination rates previously estimated for 28S rRNA genes in the congener, Daphnia obtusa. Some recombinant Pokey alleles were encountered in Daphnia isolates from multiple locations and habitats. Conclusions Phylogenetic and recombination analyses showed that recombination is a major force that shapes Pokey evolution. Based on Pokey phylogenies, reticulation has played and still plays an important role in shaping the diversity of the D. pulex complex. Horizontal transfer of Pokey seems to be rare and hybrids often possess Pokey elements derived from recombination among alleles encountered in the putative parental species. The insertion of Pokey in hotspots of recombination may have important impacts on the diversity and fitness of this transposable element.
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- Roland Vergilino
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Science complex, N1G 2 W1, Guelph, ON, Canada.
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Understanding nucleotide variation in natural populations has been a subject of great interest for decades. However, many taxonomic groups, especially those with atypical life history attributes remain unstudied, and Drosophila is the only arthropod genus for which DNA polymorphism data are presently abundant. As a result of the recent release of the complete genome sequence and a wide variety of new genomic resources, the Daphnia system is quickly becoming a promising new avenue for expanding our knowledge of nucleotide variation in natural populations. Here, we examine nucleotide variation in six protein-coding loci for Daphnia pulex and its congeners with particular emphasis on D. pulicaria, the closest extant relative of D. pulex. Levels of synonymous intraspecific variation, pi(s), averaged 0.0136 for species in the Daphnia genus, and are slightly lower than most prior estimates in invertebrates. Tests of neutrality indicated that segregating variation conforms to neutral model expectations for the loci that we examined in most species, while K(a)/K(s) ratios revealed strong purifying selection. Using a full maximum-likelihood coalescent-based method, the ratio of the recombination rate to the mutation rate (c/u), averaged 0.5255 for species of the Daphnia genus. Lastly, a divergence population-genetics approach was used to investigate gene flow and divergence between D. pulex and D. pulicaria.
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Although approximately 1 in 10,000 animal species is capable of parthenogenetic reproduction, the evolutionary causes and consequences of such transitions remain uncertain. The microcrustacean Daphnia pulex provides a potentially powerful tool for investigating these issues because lineages that are obligately asexual in terms of female function can nevertheless transmit meiosis-suppressing genes to sexual populations via haploid sperm produced by environmentally induced males. The application of association mapping to a wide geographic collection of D. pulex clones suggests that sex-limited meiosis suppression in D. pulex has spread westward from a northeastern glacial refugium, conveyed by a dominant epistatic interaction among the products of at least four unlinked loci, with one entire chromosome being inherited through males in a nearly nonrecombining fashion. With the enormous set of genomic tools now available for D. pulex, these results set the stage for the determination of the functional underpinnings of the conversion of meiosis to a mitotic-like mode of inheritance.
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Delmotte F, Leterme N, Bonhomme J, Rispe C, Simon JC. Multiple routes to asexuality in an aphid species. Proc Biol Sci 2001; 268:2291-9. [PMID: 11703868 PMCID: PMC1088879 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cyclical parthenogens, including aphids, are important models for studying the evolution of sex. However, little is known about transitions to asexuality in aphids, although the mode of origin of asexual lineages has important consequences for their level of genetic diversity, ecological adaptability and the outcome of competition with their sexual relatives. Thus, we surveyed nuclear, mitochondrial and biological data obtained on cyclical and obligate parthenogens of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L), to investigate the frequency of transitions from sexuality to permanent asexuality. Many instances of asexual lineages retaining the ability to produce males are known in aphids, so particular attention was paid to the existence of occasional matings between females from sexual lineages and males produced by asexual lineages, which have the potential to produce new asexual lineages. Phylogenetic inference based on microsatellite and mitochondrial data indicates at least three independent origins of asexuality in R. padi, yielding the strongest evidence to date for multiple origins of asexuality in an aphid. Moreover, several lines of evidence demonstrate that transitions to asexuality result from two mechanisms: a complete spontaneous loss of sex and repeated gene flow from essentially asexual lineages into sexual ones.
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- F Delmotte
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche Biologie des Organismes et des Populations Appliquée à la Protection des Plantes, BP 35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France.
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Innes DJ, Fox CJ, Winsor GL. Avoiding the cost of males in obligately asexual Daphnia pulex (Leydig). Proc Biol Sci 2000; 267:991-7. [PMID: 10874748 PMCID: PMC1690637 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Asexual organisms are thought to gain an advantage by avoiding the cost of producing males. In the cladoceran Daphnia pulex (Leydig), male production is determined by the environment and is independent of the origin of the asexual obligate parthenogens from the sexual cyclical parthenogens. If there is a cost to producing males, successful obligate parthenogens should have reduced or eliminated male production. Field and laboratory observations showed that obligate parthenogens have much-reduced male production compared to cyclical parthenogens. Although the reduction or elimination of males in the obligate parthenogens suggests that the cost of males is avoided, the coexistence of sexual and asexual forms of D. pulex may be partially explained by cyclical parthenogens compensating for the cost of males by having greater fecundity. In addition, the absence of a mating constraint for the obligate parthenogens may favour an increased allocation to asexual diapausing eggs earlier in the season compared to the cyclical parthenogens which require mating with males to produce sexual diapausing eggs. No difference in the production of diapausing eggs was observed, probably because males were abundant in populations of cyclical parthenogens and do not appear to limit the production of sexual diapausing eggs. D. pulex is a useful system for determining the ecological consequences of abandoning sexual reproduction and explaining the coexistence of sexual and asexual forms of a species.
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- D J Innes
- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Canada
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Streit B, Städler T, Schwenk K, Ender A, Kuhn K, Schierwater B. Natural hybridization in freshwater animals. Ecological implications and molecular approaches. THE SCIENCE OF NATURE - NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 1994; 81:65-73. [PMID: 8145857 DOI: 10.1007/bf01138462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The number of cases where the phenomena of hybridization and gene introgression have been found in species interactions is steadily increasing, in both plant and animal taxa. During the last few years, many examples have been detected even in otherwise well-known freshwater animal taxa. We discuss the topic with respect to ecology and evolutionary processes and compare the main potentials and limitations of allozymes, mitochondrial DNA, and RAPD markers to address some important genetic issues of interspecific hybridization in natural populations of selected freshwater model systems.
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- B Streit
- Fachbereich Biologie der J. W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a.M
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