The evolution of hermaphroditism

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 190-192

  Grober, Matthew S ^a   Rodgers, Edmund W ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; LETTER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 39149096548     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.043     Document Type: Letter

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