The evolutionary role of males in C. elegans

Although the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans reproduces primarily as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite, males are maintained in natural populations at low frequency. In this commentary, I discuss the evolutionary forces that maintain males and the role males might play in this mating system.

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Autor principal: Chasnov, Jeffrey R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2013
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058855
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/worm.21146
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spelling pubmed-36704562013-09-19 The evolutionary role of males in C. elegans Chasnov, Jeffrey R. Worm Commentary Although the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans reproduces primarily as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite, males are maintained in natural populations at low frequency. In this commentary, I discuss the evolutionary forces that maintain males and the role males might play in this mating system. Landes Bioscience 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3670456/ /pubmed/24058855 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/worm.21146 Text en Copyright © 2012 Landes Bioscience http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The article may be redistributed, reproduced, and reused for non-commercial purposes, provided the original source is properly cited.
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