Two New Pristionchus Species (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from Taiwan are Part of a Species-cluster Representing the Closest Known Relatives of the Model Organism P. pacificus.

ABSTRACT: Matthias Herrmann, Christian Weiler, Christian Rödelsperger, Natsumi Kanzaki, and Ralf J. Sommer (2016) Pristionchus pacificus is an important model organism in evolutionary biology and has been used to establish integrative studies that link developmental biology with ecology and population genetics. This species is part of the P. pacificus species-complex of the genus, many members of which occur in East Asia. While P. pacificus is hermaphroditic, the two most closely related known species are P. exspectatus and P. arcanus from Japan, both of which are gonochorists. P. exspectatus is so far the closest known relative of P. pacificus and thus, considered to represent the sister species. Here, we describe two new species of Pristio

SUBMITTER: Herrmann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511970 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature