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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dimond KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4899097 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of evolutionary biology 20160418 6
Genome architecture varies greatly among eukaryotes. This diversity may profoundly affect the origin and maintenance of genetic variation within a population. Ciliates are microbial eukaryotes with unusual genome features, such as the separation of germline and somatic genomes within a single cell and amitotic division. These features have previously been proposed to increase the rate of molecular evolution in these species. Here, we assessed the fitness effects of genetic variation in the two g ...[more]