Geographical parthenogenesis: Opportunities for asexuality

Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis

Volumn 9789048127702, Issue , 2009, Pages 161-186

  Hörandl, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2770-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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