Evolutionary perspectives on clonal reproduction in vertebrate animals

doi:10.1073/pnas.1501820112

. 2015 Jul 21;112(29):8867-73.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1501820112. Epub 2015 Jul 20.

Evolutionary perspectives on clonal reproduction in vertebrate animals

John C Avise¹

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PMID: 26195735
PMCID: PMC4517198
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1501820112

Evolutionary perspectives on clonal reproduction in vertebrate animals

John C Avise. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015.

. 2015 Jul 21;112(29):8867-73.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1501820112. Epub 2015 Jul 20.

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John C Avise¹

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¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 javise@uci.edu.

PMID: 26195735
PMCID: PMC4517198
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1501820112

Abstract

A synopsis is provided of different expressions of whole-animal vertebrate clonality (asexual organismal-level reproduction), both in the laboratory and in nature. For vertebrate taxa, such clonal phenomena include the following: human-mediated cloning via artificial nuclear transfer; intergenerational clonality in nature via parthenogenesis and gynogenesis; intergenerational hemiclonality via hybridogenesis and kleptogenesis; intragenerational clonality via polyembryony; and what in effect qualifies as clonal replication via self-fertilization and intense inbreeding by simultaneous hermaphrodites. Each of these clonal or quasi-clonal mechanisms is described, and its evolutionary genetic ramifications are addressed. By affording an atypical vantage on standard vertebrate reproduction, clonality offers fresh perspectives on the evolutionary and ecological significance of recombination-derived genetic variety.

Keywords: asexuality; cloning; parthenogenesis; polyembryony; unisexuality.

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[1] Jackson JBC, Buss LW, Cook RE, editors. Population Biology and Evolution of Clonal Organisms. Yale Univ Press; New Haven, CT: 1985.

[2] Jackson JBC, Buss LW, Cook RE, editors. Population Biology and Evolution of Clonal Organisms. Yale Univ Press; New Haven, CT: 1985.

[3] Avise JC. The Hope, Hype, and Reality of Genetic Engineering. Oxford Univ Press; Oxford, UK: 2004.

[4] Avise JC. The Hope, Hype, and Reality of Genetic Engineering. Oxford Univ Press; Oxford, UK: 2004.

[5] Avise JC. Clonality: The Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution of Sexual Abstinence in Vertebrate Animals. Oxford Univ Press; Oxford, UK: 2008.

[6] Avise JC. Clonality: The Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution of Sexual Abstinence in Vertebrate Animals. Oxford Univ Press; Oxford, UK: 2008.

[7] Dawley RM, Bogart JP, editors. Evolution and Ecology of Unisexual Vertebrates. New York State Museum; Albany, NY: 1989.

[8] Dawley RM, Bogart JP, editors. Evolution and Ecology of Unisexual Vertebrates. New York State Museum; Albany, NY: 1989.

[9] Briggs R, King TJ. Transplantation of living nuclei from blastula cells into enucleated frog’s eggs. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1952;38(5):455–463. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Briggs R, King TJ. Transplantation of living nuclei from blastula cells into enucleated frog’s eggs. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1952;38(5):455–463. - PMC - PubMed

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