Origin of Polyploidy in Parthenogenetic
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Anssi Saura; Juhani Lokki; Esko Suomalainen
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Article
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1993
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Parthenogenesis and, in particular, polyploidy are rare in animals. A number of cases are known among weevils. Previous models have assumed that parthenogenesis originated in a diploid lineage, involving first an automictic (meiotic) mechanism that then evolves into apomixis. New degrees of polyploi