Polymorphic foraging behavior among Caenorhabditis elegans: Frequency- and density-dependent selection

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 276-280

  Dennehy, John J ^a,b   Livdahl, Todd P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Density dependent selection; Foraging behavior; Frequency dependent selection; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 10344242061     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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