Positively negative evidence for asexuality

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Birky, C William ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient asexual organisms; Asexual reproduction; Rare sex; Statistical evidence

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; HERMAPHRODITISM; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTIFERA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; ROTIFERA; SEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

BDELLOIDA; DARWINULIDAE; EUKARYOTA; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77952003985     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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