Sex and Asex: A Clonal Lexicon
Sex and Asex: A Clonal Lexicon
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性与 Asex:克隆词典
DOI:
10.1093/jhered/esaa058
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Krueger-Hadfield, Stacy A
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作者:
Orive, Maria E;Krueger-Hadfield, Stacy A
Organisms across the tree of life have complex life cycles that include both sexual and asexual reproduction or that are obligately asexual. These organisms include ecologically dominant species that structure many terrestrial and marine ecosystems, as well as many pathogens, pests, and invasive species. We must consider both the evolution and maintenance of these various reproductive modes and how these modes shape the genetic diversity, adaptive evolution, and ability to persist in the species that exhibit them. Thus, having a common framework is a key aspect of understanding the biodiversity that shapes our planet. In the 2019 AGA President’s Symposium,Sex and Asex: The genetics of complex life cycles, researchers investigating a wide range of taxonomic models and using a variety of modes of investigation coalesced around a common theme—understanding not only how such complex life cycles may evolve, but how they are shaped by the evolutionary and ecological forces around them. In this introduction to the Special Issue from the symposium, we give an overview of some of the key ideas and areas of investigation (a commonclonal lexicon, we might say) and introduce the breadth of work submitted by symposium participants.