Fitness consequences of selfing and outcrossing in the cestode Schistocephalus solidus

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-380

  Milinski, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CESTODA; COPEPODA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MACROCYCLOPS ALBIDUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 33747892306     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icj044     Document Type: Article

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