Facultative vivipary is a life-history trait in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-113

  Chen, Jianjun ^a   Caswell Chen, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bagging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Life history; Longevity; Reproduction; Survival strategy; Vivipary

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444303170     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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