Spontaneous whole-genome duplication restores fertility in interspecific hybrids

Guillaume Charron1,2,3, Souhir Marsit1,2,3,4, Mathieu Hénault1,2,4

  • 1Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, 1030 avenue de la Médecine, Université Laval, Québec (Qc), G1V 0A6, Canada.

Nature Communications
|September 13, 2019
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