Rates of deleterious mutation and the evolution of sex in Caenorhabditis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 812-822

  Cutter, Asher D ^a   Payseur, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Caenorhabditis briggsae; Caenorhabditis elegans; Caenorhabditis remanei; Deleterious mutation; Evolution of sex

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NEMATODE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0042239567     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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