Cytogenetic evidence for asexual evolution of bdelloid rotifers.
Authors:Mark Welch JL, Mark Welch DB, Meselson M
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:14747655
DNA sequencing has shown individual bdelloid rotifer genomes to contain two or more diverged copies of every gene examined and has revealed no closely similar copies. These and other findings are consistent with long-term asexual evolution of bdelloids. It is not entirely ruled out, however, that bdelloid genomes consist of ... More