Mutation and the experimental evolution of outcrossing in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Cutter, A D ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Caenorhabditis elegans; Evolution of sex; Hermaphrodite; Mutation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 12744280812     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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