Why Caenorhabditis elegans adults sacrifice their bodies to progeny

Nematology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-645

  Chen, Jianjun ^a   Caswell Chen, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Bagging; Dauer; endotokia matricida; Life history; Life span; Matricidal hatching; Survival strategies

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; NEMATODE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0348196965     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854103322683355     Document Type: Article

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