Equilibrated evolution of the mixed auto-/allopolyploid haplotype-resolved genome of the invasive hexaploid Prussian

Heiner Kuhl1, Kang Du2,3, Manfred Schartl2,3

  • 1Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries-IGB (Forschungsverbund Berlin), Müggelseedamm 301, D-12587, Berlin, Germany.

Nature Communications
|July 14, 2022
PubMed

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