Intraclonal variation in propensity for mixis in several rotifers: Variation among females and with maternal age

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 593, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Gilbert, John J ^a   Schröder, Thomas ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Maternal age effects; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CLONING; GROWTH KINETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BET HEDGING; MATERNAL AGE EFFECTS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE; CLONE; DIAPAUSE; FEMALE; FLATWORM; HETEROGENEITY; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARGENTINA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS ANGULARIS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; BRACHIONUS VARIABILIS; EPIPHANES; RHINOGLENA FRONTALIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34548428810     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9040-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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