A short term benefit for outcrossing in a Daphnia metapopulation in relation to parasitism

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 777-785

  Ebert, Dieter ^a,b   Altermatt, Florian ^a,b   Lass, Sandra ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Outbreeding; Red Queen; Selfing; Sexual reproduction; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCROSSING; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; OCTOSPOREA BAYERI;

EID: 34948884000     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.0232     Document Type: Article

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