Article ID: CBB936643771

Asexual organisms, identity and vertical gene transfer (2020)

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This paper poses a problem for traditional phylogenetics: The identity of organisms that reproduce through fission can be understood in several different ways. This prompts questions about how to differentiate parent organisms from their offspring, making vertical gene transfer unclear. Differentiating between parents and offspring stems from what I call the identity problem. How the problem is resolved has implications for phylogenetic groupings. If the identity of a particular asexual organism persists through fission, the vertical lineage on a phylogenetic tree will split differently than if the identity of an organism does not survive the fission process.

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Authors & Contributors
Aronova, E. A.
Brzezinski Prestes, María Elice de
Churchill, Frederick B.
Day, Benjamin
Dupré, John
Fisher, Saul
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Journal of the History of Biology
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
HOPOS
Perspectives on Science
Publishers
Basic Books
Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa
Ibis Edizioni
Concepts
Heredity
Reproduction
Biology
Philosophy of biology
Genetics
Evolution
People
Galton, Francis
Arbuthnot, John
Aristotle
Bateson, William
Butschli, Otto
Gassendi, Pierre
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
17th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
Mexico
France
United States
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