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Natural variation of outcrossing in the hermaphroditic nematode Pristionchus pacificus

BACKGROUND: Evolution of selfing can be associated with an increase in fixation of deleterious mutations, which in certain conditions can lead to species extinction. In nematodes, a few species evolved self-fertilization independently, making them excellent model systems to study the evolutionary co...

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Autores principales: Click, Arielle, Savaliya, Chandni H, Kienle, Simone, Herrmann, Matthias, Pires-daSilva, Andre
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2676249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19379507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-75