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Received — 14 March 2026 ⏭ Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

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Gene conversion empowers natural selection in a clonal fish species Edward S. Ricemeyer · Nathan K. Schaefer · Kang Du · Irene da Cruz · Susanne Kneitz · Rafael D. Acemel · Darío G. Lupiáñez · Rachel A. Carroll · Rosie Drinkwater · Manfred Schartl · Wesley C. Warren
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10180-9Analysis of the asexually reproducing Amazon molly Poecilia formosa and its sexually reproducing progenitors Poecilia mexicana and Poecilia latipinna reveals that it maintains a divergent mutational landscape and has evaded functional mutational decay via gene conversion.
11 March 2026 at 08:00

Gene conversion empowers natural selection in a clonal fish species

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

By: Edward S. Ricemeyer · Nathan K. Schaefer · Kang Du · Irene da Cruz · Susanne Kneitz · Rafael D. Acemel · Darío G. Lupiáñez · Rachel A. Carroll · Rosie Drinkwater · Manfred Schartl · Wesley C. Warren

11 March 2026 at 08:00

Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10180-9

Analysis of the asexually reproducing Amazon molly Poecilia formosa and its sexually reproducing progenitors Poecilia mexicana and Poecilia latipinna reveals that it maintains a divergent mutational landscape and has evaded functional mutational decay via gene conversion.