Evolutionary BiologyBiology LettersPeer-reviewed
Premeiotic endoreplication is the mechanism of obligate parthenogenesis in rock lizards of the genus Darevskia
Dmitrij Dedukh, Marie Altmanová, Ruzanna Petrosyan…·Lukáš Kratochvíl
This study re-evaluates the fusion hypothesis in Darevskia lizards, revealing premeiotic endoreplication as the mechanism for producing non-reduced eggs in obligate parthenogens.
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