Do males facilitate the spread of novel phenotypes within populations of the androdioecious nematode Caenorhabditis elegans?

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-254

  Wegewitz, Viktoria ^a   Schulenburg, Hinrich ^b   Streit, Adrian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Ecology; Hermaphrodite; Male; Mode of reproduction

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77954347309     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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