Aging in sexual and obligately asexual clones of Daphnia from temporary ponds

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-259

  Dudycha, Jeffry L ^a   Hassel, Christiane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia; life history; mutation accumulation; senescence; sex

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLONAL ORGANISM; CRUSTACEAN; EPHEMERAL POOL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE HISTORY; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POND; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SENESCENCE; SPECIES COMPLEX;

EID: 84874859349     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt008     Document Type: Article

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