Intrinsic differences between males and females determine sex-specific consequences of inbreeding

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ebel, Emily R ^a,b   Phillips, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MUTATION; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; VULNERABILITY;

CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; NEMATODA;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAENORHABDITIS; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84957542715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0604-5     Document Type: Article

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