Commentary on the chastity of amoebae: Re-evaluating evidence for sex in amoeboid organisms

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1715, 2011, Pages 2096-2097

  Spiegel, Frederick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; PROTOZOAN;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMOEBA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 79959195593     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0608     Document Type: Article

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