Evolutionary genetic consequences of facultative sex and outcrossing

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-22

  Hartfield, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Asexuality; Genomics; Selfing; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTOGAMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; OUTCROSSING; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INBREEDING; MUTATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; SELF FERTILIZATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INBREEDING; MUTATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; SELF-FERTILIZATION;

EID: 84953370589     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12770     Document Type: Article

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