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Limia vittata as host species for the Amazon molly: no evidence for sexual reproduction |
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| Authors: | I Schlupp †‡ J Parzefall J T Epplen §M Schartl † |
| Institution: | Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg, Martin Luther-King Platz 3, D–20146 Hamburg;Physiologische Chemie I, Theodor Boveri Institut für Biowissenschaften (Biozentrum), Am Hubland, D–97074 Würzburg;Molekulare Humangenetik, Ruhr-Universitát Bochum, D–44780 Bochum, F.R.G. |
| Abstract: | DNA fingerprinting demonstrated no sexual reproduction of the gynogenetic Amazon molly Poecilia formosa with Limia vittata as host species, in contrast with a single report that claims to have found sexual reproduction with such matings. |
| Keywords: | Poecilia formosa Limia vittata DNA fingerprinting clonal reproduction |