Obligate asex in a rotifer and the role of sexual signals

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Stelzer, C P ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aphid; Brachionus; Chemical communication; Cyclical parthenogenesis; Daphnia; Evolution of sex; Obligate parthenogenesis; Sexual signals

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

APHID; CRUSTACEAN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTIFERA;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PARTHENOGENESIS; ROTIFERA; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; DAPHNIA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 37149018876     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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