26 July 2018

Le Page, 2018

Le Page M. 2018. Crayfish clone army on the loose. New Scientist 239(3185): 16. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(18)31193-X

Abstract

Without abstract. First paragraph:

Sometime before 1995, a container of freshwater crayfish from Florida got too hot or too cold en route to a pet shop in Germany. The shock disrupted the development of an egg being carried by one of the females, creating an army of clones that are invading rivers and lakes in continental Europe, Madagascar and Japan.

Keywords: None provided.

Notes: If you click to enlarge the cover of this issue, the cover includes “Clone crayfish” in the bottom left. This article was published online with the title, “Freak accident created a massive army of super-fertile clones.”

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