Genotypic-specific variance in Caenorhabditis elegans lifetime fecundity

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2058-2069

  Diaz, S Anaid ^a,b   Viney, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Fitness; Isogenic; Lifetime fecundity; Reproduction; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901795801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1057     Document Type: Article

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