Occurrence, costs and heritability of delayed selfing in a free-living flatworm

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2559-2568

  Ramm, S A ^a,b   Vizoso, D B ^a   Scharer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypodermic insemination; Inbreeding depression; Macrostomum hystrix; Mating behaviour; Self fertilization; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FLATWORM; HATCHING; HERITABILITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MATING BEHAVIOR; OUTCROSSING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; SELF FERTILIZATION;

ANIMALS; HEREDITY; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; PLATYHELMINTHS; SELF-FERTILIZATION;

MACROSTOMUM; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 84869215160     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12012     Document Type: Article

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