Mating systems and the evolutionary transition between haploidy and diploidy

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-218

  Otto, Sarah Perin ^a,c   Marks, Jane Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asexuality; Assortative mating; Chlorophyta; Life cycle evolution; Masking hypothesis; Ploidy evolution; Selfing; Ulvophyceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001084527     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb00309.x     Document Type: Article

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