Intense selection of mite clones in a heterogeneous environment

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1325-1333

  Weeks, Andrew R ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clone; Environmental heterogeneity; Genetic variation; Intense selection; Obligate parthenogen; Penthaleus major

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIVERSITY; PARTHENOGENESIS;

CLONE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; MITE; PARTHENOGENESIS;

ACARI; INVERTEBRATA; PENTHALEUS; PENTHALEUS MAJOR;

EID: 0031791748     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02014.x     Document Type: Article

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