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Variation in rates of spontaneous male production within the nematode species Pristionchus pacificus supports an adaptive role for males and outcrossing

BACKGROUND: The nematode species Pristionchus pacificus has an androdioecious mating system in which populations consist of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites and relatively few males. The prevalence of males in such a system is likely to depend on the relative pros and cons of outcrossing. While outcr...

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Autores principales: Morgan, Katy, McGaughran, Angela, Rödelsperger, Christian, Sommer, Ralf J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28228092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0873-7