Evolution: Vertebrate reproductive strategies get mixed up
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| Authors: | Molloy, PP; Gage, MJG |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Journal: | Curr Biol 16: R876-R879 |
| Title: | Evolution: Vertebrate reproductive strategies get mixed up |
| Abstract: | The mangrove killifish is the only vertebrate known to have a mixed-mating strategy, where hermaphrodites reproduce by either self-fertilisation or cross-breeding. New molecular evidence from this species reveals that occasional cross-breeding between common hermaphroditic individuals and rare pure males results in an injection of genetic variation into otherwise highly homozygous 'clonal' lineages. |
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