Parasitism and breeding system variation in North American populations of Daphnia pulex

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 235-240

  Killick, Stuart C ^a   Obbard, Darren J ^a   West, Stuart A ^a   Little, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution of sex; Geographical parthenogenesis; Infection; Natural selection; Parthenogenesis; Red Queen hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PARTHENOGENESIS; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

EID: 38149020043     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0368-x     Document Type: Article

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