Evolution: The end of an ancient asexual scandal

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages R233-R235

  Schwander, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGENY; ROTIFERA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84962557849     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.034     Document Type: Short Survey

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