Haplotype divergence supports ancient asexuality in the oribatid mite Oppiella nova
A. Brandt, P. Tran Van, C. Bluhm, Y. Anselmetti, Z. Dumas, E. Figuet, C. M. Francois, N. Galtier, B. Heimburger, K. S. Jaron, M. Labedan, M. Maraun, D. J. Parker, M. Robinson-Rechavi, I. Schaefer, , J. Bast
The paper uses genomic and transcriptomic data to show haplotype divergence patterns in asexual and sexual mite species, supporting ancient asexuality in Oppiella nova.
bioRxiv · Dec 7, 2020Evolutionary Biology