Natural variation in cold tolerance in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus: The role of genotype and environment

Biology Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 832-838

  McGaughran, Angela ^a,b,c   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance; Genotype by environment interaction; Nematode; Plasticity; Pristionchus pacificus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979587881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20148888     Document Type: Article

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