Phenotypic fitness effects of B chromosomes in the pseudogamous parthenogenetic planarian Polycelis nigra

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 594-603

  Beukeboom, Leo W ^a,b   Seif, Miriam ^a   Plowman, Amy B ^a,c   De Ridder, Filip ^a   Michiels, Nicolaas K ^a  

^a Max Plank Inst F V   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Paignton Zoological and Bot Gardens   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B chromosome; Fitness; Flatworm; Polycelis; Pseudogamous parthenogenesis; Selfish DNA

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOME; COCOON; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH; HERMAPHRODITE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE; PHENOTYPIC FITNESS; POLYCELIS NIGRA; POPULATION GENETICS; SPERMATOZOON;

POLYCELIS NIGRA;

EID: 0031834052     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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