Do Species Exist in Asexuals? Theory and Evidence from Bdelloid Rotifers

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-263

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a   Barraclough, Timothy G ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BDELLOIDA; EUKARYOTA; ROTIFERA;

ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTIFERA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; ROTIFERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84939627711     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icv024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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