Synergism between mutational meltdown and Red Queen in parthenogenetic biotypes of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea polychroa

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-323

  Bruvo, Ruža ^a,b   Schulenburg, Hinrich ^a,c   Storhas, Martin ^a   K Michiels, Nico ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTYPE; EMBRYO; FLATWORM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PARTHENOGENESIS; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; SYNERGISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE CALDONAZZO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHMIDTEA POLYCHROA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33846461281     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15388.x     Document Type: Article

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