Chimera formation could favor the expansion of invasive species in the marine environment

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Nov 8, 2019, 11:19 am295 pts
A new article published in the journal Scientific Reports reveals 44% of the colonies of Didemnum vexillum—a marine invertebrate tagged as invasive species—in the Ebro Delta (Tarragona, Spain) are formed by gene chimera: that is, cells with a different gene pool. According to the study, this ability to…

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