Experimental insight into the proximate causes of male persistence variation among two strains of the androdioecious <it>Caenorhabditis elegans </it>(Nematoda)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the androdioecious nematode <it>Caenorhabditis elegans </it>virtually all progeny produced by hermaphrodite self-fertilization is hermaphrodite while 50% of the progeny that results from cross-fertilization by a male i...

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Main Authors: Schulenburg Hinrich, Wegewitz Viktoria, Streit Adrian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/8/12