Making it on their own: sperm-dependent hybrid fishes (Cobitis) switch the sexual hosts and expand beyond the ranges of their original sperm donors

Interspecific hybridization may result in asexual hybrid lineages that reproduce via parthenogenesis. Contrary to true parthenogens, sperm-dependent asexuals (gynogens and hybridogens) are restricted to the range of bisexual species, generally the parental taxa, by their need for a sperm donor. It h...

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Main Authors: Choleva, Lukáš, Apostolou, Apostolos, Ráb, Petr, Janko, Karel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2606746/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18508748
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0059
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