"Reproduction, Asexual" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Reproduction without fusion of two types of cells, mostly found in ALGAE; FUNGI; and PLANTS. Asexual reproduction occurs in several ways, such as budding, fission, or splitting from "parent" cells. Only few groups of ANIMALS reproduce asexually or unisexually (PARTHENOGENESIS).
| Descriptor ID |
D012100
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.784.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Reproduction, Asexual- Reproduction, Asexual
- Asexual Reproduction
- Asexual Reproductions
- Reproductions, Asexual
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Reproduction, Asexual" by people in Profiles.
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Monophyletic origin of multiple clonal lineages in an asexual fish (Poecilia formosa). Mol Ecol. 2010 Dec; 19(23):5204-15.
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Feeding rates in the sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna and its coexisting sexual parasite, the gynogenetic Amazon molly Poecilia formosa. J Fish Biol. 2010 Jul; 77(1):285-91.
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Differences in thermal tolerance in coexisting sexual and asexual mollies (Poecilia, Poeciliidae, Teleostei). J Fish Biol. 2009 May; 74(7):1662-8.
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Polymorphic MHC loci in an asexual fish, the amazon molly (Poecilia formosa; Poeciliidae). Mol Ecol. 2008 Dec; 17(24):5220-30.
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Male fish deceive competitors about mating preferences. Curr Biol. 2008 Aug 05; 18(15):1138-41.
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Female sperm limitation in natural populations of a sexual/asexual mating complex (Poecilia latipinna, Poecilia formosa). Biol Lett. 2008 Jun 23; 4(3):266-9.
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Stable inheritance of host species-derived microchromosomes in the gynogenetic fish Poecilia formosa. Genetics. 2007 Oct; 177(2):917-26.
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Male mate choice and sperm allocation in a sexual/asexual mating complex of Poecilia (Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Biol Lett. 2005 Jun 22; 1(2):169-71.
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Parasites in sexual and asexual mollies (Poecilia, Poeciliidae, Teleostei): a case for the Red Queen? Biol Lett. 2005 Jun 22; 1(2):166-8.