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Population-genomic insights into the evolutionary origin and fate of obligately asexual Daphnia pulex

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Tucker, Abraham E., Ackerman, Matthew S., Eads, Brian D., Xu, Sen, Lynch, Michael·2013·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1313388110PMC PMC3785735
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Significance: Drawing from whole-genome sequences of multiple genotypes, this study documents the molecular-genetic consequences of the loss of recombination in a microcrustacean, demonstrating that loss of heterozygosity via gene conversion-like processes is a dramatically more powerful force than accumulation of new mutations.

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  • Tucker et al. (2013) examined the genomes of sexual and asexual D. pulex lineages and found evidence for more recent transitions to asexuality, on the order of decades.

    “Recently, Tucker et al. (2013) examined the genomes of sexual and asexual D. pulex lineages and found evidence for more recent transitions to asexuality, on the order of decades.”

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Authors
Tucker, A. E., Ackerman, M. S., Eads, B. D., Xu, S., & Lynch, M.
Affiliations
Indiana University Bloomington (US)
ORCID
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Published
2013-08-19
Volume
110
Issue
39
Pages
15740-15745
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1313388110
PMC
PMC3785735
OpenAlex
W1982863989
Cited by
151
References
2
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FWCI
10.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0328516)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM101672, R01GM101672)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
Keywords
Daphnia pulex, obligate asexuality, mutational meltdown, Muller's ratchet, gene conversion, hemizygous deletion, loss of heterozygosity, introgression, Daphnia pulicaria, purifying selection, inbreeding depression
MeSH terms
Animals, Base Sequence, Daphnia, Genetics, Population, Haplotypes, Heterozygote, Molecular Sequence Data, Nucleotides, Phylogeny, Reproduction, Asexual, Genome, Evolution, Molecular

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