Caenorhabditis tropicalis
Caenorhabditis tropicalis - prior to 2014 referred to as C. sp. 11, is a species of Caenorhabditis nematodes.
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| Species: | C. tropicalis |
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| Caenorhabditis tropicalis Felix, Braendle & Cutter, 2014[1] | |
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Caenorhabditis sp. 11 | |
Similar to C. elegans and C. briggsae, C. tropicalis populations are made up of XX protandrous hermaphrodites and X0 males (androdioecy). These three species are not each other's closest relatives, but C. tropicalis groups in phylogenetic trees with the other two, and even more closely to C. wallacei, in the 'Elegans' supergroup.[1] The hermaphroditic reproductive strategy of these species is an example of convergent evolution. Its genome was assembled at Genome Institute, Washington University.[2]
References
- A streamlined system for species diagnosis in Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with name designations for 15 distinct biological species. MA Félix, C Braendle and AD Cutter, PLoS One, 2014
- Caenorhabditis tropicalis at parasite.wormbase.org
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