Sexual recombination in rotifers

Summary Data exist suggesting both the presence and absence of recombination in monogonont rotifers. It was therefore previously unknown whether members of this group have true sexual reproduction. We have used acrylamide gel electrophoresis to identify clones of Asplanchna girodi homozygous for two...

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Published in:Heredity 1977-12, Vol.39 (3), p.357-360
Main Authors: King, Charles E, Snell, Terry W
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cytogenetics
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Human Genetics
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Plant Genetics and Genomics
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Summary:Summary Data exist suggesting both the presence and absence of recombination in monogonont rotifers. It was therefore previously unknown whether members of this group have true sexual reproduction. We have used acrylamide gel electrophoresis to identify clones of Asplanchna girodi homozygous for two different alleles at a single malic enzyme locus. Crosses made among these clones produced heterozygotes, thus demonstrating that classical sexual recombination occurs in this group of rotifers.
ISSN:0018-067X
1365-2540
DOI:10.1038/hdy.1977.76