| Main Title |
Extreme Clonal Diversity and Divergence in Populations of a Selfing Hermaphroditic Fish. |
| Author |
Turner, B. J. ;
Elder, J. F. ;
Laughlin, T. F. ;
Davis, W. P. ;
Taylor, D. S. ;
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL. ;Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Dept. of Biology. ;Brevard Mosquito Control District, Titusville, FL.;National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. |
| Publisher |
cNov 92 |
| Year Published |
1992 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-93/067; NSF-BSR85-06417; |
| Stock Number |
PB93-169019 |
| Additional Subjects |
Fishes ;
Variation(Genetics) ;
Hermaphroditism ;
DNA fingerprinting ;
Satellite DNA ;
Nucleic acid hybridization ;
Mutations ;
DNA probes ;
Reprints ;
Rivulus marmoratus
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
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Last
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| NTIS |
PB93-169019 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
7p |
| Abstract |
Recombination is unknown in natural populations of Rivulus marmoratus, a selfing hermaphrodite, and genetic variation is likely due to mutation alone. DNA fingerprinting with an array of microsatellite (e.g., (CT)sub 9) and minisatellite (e.g. the 33.15 core sequence) probes reveals very high clonal diversity within samples of 7 Floridian populations, 5 contain about as many clones as there are individuals. There are 42 clones among 58 individual surveyed (mean = 1.4 individuals/clone), a level of genetic diversity unprecedented among clonal animals. Moreover, all of the probes recognize the same clones even though, at high hybridization stringencies, there is little overlap in the fingerprint patterns they generate. This suggests that most sympatric clones differ by multiple and independent mutational steps. In one population studied in detail, the average number of mutational steps separating two clones is estimated at about 9-10, and may be substantially higher. The mutational discontinuities among sympatric clones make it unlikely that they evolved by the accumulation of neutral mutations in populations that are otherwise genetically uniform. The data argue that the mixing of unrelated individuals from different local populations occurs to an extent previously unappreciated and/or that divergence of clones is mediated by natural selection. In confirmed, the latter would be a serious challenge to current ideas on the predominant role of recombination in promoting the evolution of biological novelty. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, v89 p10643-10647 Nov 92. Prepared in cooperation with Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Dept. of Biology, and Brevard Mosquito Control District, Titusville, FL. Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Extreme Clonal Diversity and Divergence in Populations of a Selfing Hermaphroditic Fish. |
| Category Codes |
57Z; 57F |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/04 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
314124364 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
