Hakuna Nematoda: Genetic and phenotypic diversity in African isolates of Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae

Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-315

  Dolgin, E S ^a   Felix M A ^b   Cutter, A D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androdioecy; Caenorhabditis briggsae; Caenorhabditis elegans; Genetic variation; Self fertilization; Vulva

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; NEMATODE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; KENYA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VULVA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; KENYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VULVA;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 39549106232     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6801079     Document Type: Article

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