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SUBMITTER: Morgado-Santos M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5451830 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morgado-Santos Miguel M Carona Sara S Vicente Luís L Collares-Pereira Maria João MJ
Royal Society open science 20170524 5
Androgenesis among vertebrates is considered a rare phenomenon, with some cases reported so far, but linked to experiments involving gamete manipulation (artificial androgenesis). Herein, we report the first empirical evidence of the natural occurrence of spontaneous androgenesis in a vertebrate, the <i>Squalius alburnoides</i> allopolyploid complex. A genetically screened random sample of a natural population was allowed to reproduce in an isolated pond without any human interference, and the v ...[more]