Parasitism and breeding system variation in North American populations of Daphnia pulex
The Red Queen hypothesis proposes that frequency-dependent selection by parasites may be responsible for the evolutionary maintenance of sexual reproduction. We sought to determine whether parasites could be responsible for variation in the occurrence of sexual reproduction in 21 populations of Daph...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2008
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