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Allozyme variation is common in populations of Daphnia pulex reproducing by obligate parthenogenesis. The genetic diversity within populations results from the coexistence of genetically different clones. Twenty-two clones were recognized in the eleven populations surveyed, of which as many as seven were found in a single habitat.
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Paul D. N. Hebert (1980) studied this question.
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