The complete mitochondrial genome of Poecilia formosa (Poecilia, Cyprinodontidae) and phylogenetic studies of cyprinodontiformes [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 We report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Poecilia formosa. The genome is found to be 16636 bp in length and has a base composition of A (29.59%), G (14.61%), C (28.26%), and T (27.54%).
Youkun Huang +8 more
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Kin Recognition in a Clonal Fish, Poecilia formosa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Relatedness strongly influences social behaviors in a wide variety of species. For most species, the highest typical degree of relatedness is between full siblings with 50% shared genes.
Amber M Makowicz +3 more
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The gonadal transcriptome of the unisexual Amazon molly Poecilia formosa in comparison to its sexual ancestors, Poecilia mexicana and Poecilia latipinna [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2018 Background The unisexual Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) originated from a hybridization between two sexual species, the sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) and the Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana).
Ina Maria Schedina +3 more
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Sperm specificity and potential paternal effects in gynogenesis in the Amazon Molly (Poecilia formosa) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The Amazon Molly (Poecilia formosa) reproduces by gynogenesis, a relatively rare form of asexual reproduction where sperm is required to trigger embryogenesis, but male genes are not incorporated into the genome of the embryo.
Clarissa Cerepaka, Ingo Schlupp
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Achiasmatic meiosis in the unisexual Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa. [PDF]
Chromosome Res, 2022 AbstractUnisexual reproduction, which generates clonal offspring, is an alternative strategy to sexual breeding and occurs even in vertebrates. A wide range of non-sexual reproductive modes have been described, and one of the least understood questions is how such pathways emerged and how they mechanistically proceed. The Amazon molly,Poecilia formosa,
Dedukh D +9 more
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Sequence Evolution and Expression of the Androgen Receptor and Other Pathway-Related Genes in a Unisexual Fish, the Amazon Molly, Poecilia formosa, and Its Bisexual Ancestors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The all-female Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) originated from a single hybridization of two bisexual ancestors, Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana) and sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna).
Fangjun Zhu +2 more
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Allele-specific expression at the androgen receptor alpha gene in a hybrid unisexual fish, the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The all-female Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) is the result of a hybridization of the Atlantic molly (P. mexicana) and the sailfin molly (P. latipinna) approximately 120,000 years ago. As a gynogenetic species, P.
Fangjun Zhu +2 more
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Paternal effects without paternity? Testing non-genetic male influence on offspring size and brood size in a gynogenetic vertebrate, the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa). [PDF]
PLoS ONEPaternal effects, i.e., effects of fathers on the phenotype of their offspring that are not mediated by the transmission of alleles, are increasingly recognized as a potentially significant source of phenotypic variation across taxa - even in the absence
Ulrike Scherer +4 more
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Enrichment effects on growth, health, and reproduction in a single clone of the asexual Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa [PDF]
PeerJThis study examines the impact of two types of environmental enrichment on the growth of the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a clonal fish species. We investigated the effects of two welfare-related enrichment factors: physical enrichment (presence of a
Debbie Cunningham +4 more
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Red Queen revisited: Immune gene diversity and parasite load in the asexual Poecilia formosa versus its sexual host species P. mexicana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 In accordance with the Red Queen hypothesis, the lower genotypic diversity in clonally reproducing species should make them easier targets for pathogen infection, especially when closely related sexually reproducing species occur in close proximity.
Fabian Gösser +4 more
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