Evolutionary diversity and novelty of DNA repair genes in asexual Bdelloid rotifers

Abstract Background Bdelloid rotifers are the oldest, most diverse and successful animal taxon for which males, hermaphrodites, and traditional meiosis are unknown. Their degenerate tetraploid genome, with 2–4 copies of most loci, includes thousands of genes acquired from all domains of life by hori...

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Main Authors: Bette J. Hecox-Lea, David B. Mark Welch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1288-9