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SUBMITTER: Ryskov AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5607197 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ryskov Alexey P AP Osipov Fedor A FA Omelchenko Andrey V AV Semyenova Seraphima K SK Girnyk Anastasiya E AE Korchagin Vitaly I VI Vergun Andrey A AA Murphy Robert W RW
PloS one 20170920 9
The all-female Caucasian rock lizard Darevskia rostombekowi and other unisexual species of this genus reproduce normally via true parthenogenesis. Typically, diploid parthenogenetic reptiles exhibit some amount of clonal diversity. However, allozyme data from D. rostombekowi have suggested that this species consists of a single clone. Herein, we test this hypothesis by evaluating variation at three variable microsatellite loci for 42 specimens of D. rostombekowi from four populations in Armenia. ...[more]