A case of nascent speciation: unique polymorphism of gonophores within hydrozoan Sarsia lovenii

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Prudkovsky, Andrey A., Ekimova, Irina A., Neretina, Tatiana V.
• Other Authors: Russian Foundation for Basic Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2019
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Medusa; White Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52026-7; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-52026-7.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-52026-7

Abstract Revealing the mechanisms of life cycle changes is critical for understanding the processes driving hydrozoan evolution. Our analysis of mitochondrial (COI, 16S) and nuclear (ITS1 and ITS2) gene fragments resulted in the discovery of unique polymorphism in the life cycle of Sarsia lovenii fr...