The function of copulatory plugs in Caenorhabditis remanei: Hints for female benefits

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Timmermeyer, Nadine ^a   Gerlach, Tobias ^a   Guempel, Christian ^a   Knoche, Johanna ^a   Pfann, Jens F ^a   Schliessmann, Daniel ^a   Michiels, Nico K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI;

EID: 78549240520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-7-28     Document Type: Article

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