Can phosphorus limitation contribute to the maintenance of sex? A test of a key assumption

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1359-1363

  Neiman, M ^a,b   Theisen, K M ^a   Mayry, M E ^a   Kay, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual; Ecological stoichiometry; Parthenogenetic; Phosphorus; Polyploid, ploidy; Potamopyrgus antipodarum; Sex; Triploid

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOSPHORUS; PLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SNAIL; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; POLYPLOIDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; DIPLOIDY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPLOIDY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SNAILS;

GASTROPODA; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM;

EID: 66149093498     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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