The dynamic clonal genome and its adaptive potential |
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| Authors: | GUGS LUSHAI HUGH D LOXDALE JOHN A ALLEN |
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| Institution: | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre (ECORC), Ottawa, Ontario K1A OC6, Canada;Plant &Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK;Biodiversity and Ecology Division, School of Biological Sciences, Bassett Crescent East, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK |
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| Abstract: | Populations of clonal organisms are often represented as being evolutionary inert with persistent genetic fidelity. The advent of molecular methods and the corresponding increased genetic resolution of clonal populations forces a reconsideration of this viewpoint. We review molecular data from viruses, prokaryotes and eukaryotes to support the argument that clones possess a highly dynamic and adaptive genome. © 2003 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2003, 79 , 193–208. |
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| Keywords: | adaptation asexual clone evolution intraclonal variation interclonal variation mutation |
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