Temperature-dependent fecundity associates with latitude in caenorhabditis briggsae

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-63

  Prasad, Anisha ^a   Croydon Sugarman, Melanie J F ^a   Murray, Rosalind L ^a   Cutter, Asher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biogeography; Fecundity; Population structure; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTOGAMY; FECUNDITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NEMATODE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 78650938031     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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