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Why are there males in the hermaphroditic species Caenorhabditis elegans?

Genetics - 1 Mar 2002

Chasnov J R, Chow King L

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The free-living nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans reproduces primarily as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite, yet males are maintained in wild-type populations at low frequency. To determine the role of males in C. elegans, we develop a mathematical model for the genetic system of hermaphrodites that can either self-fertilize or be fertilized by males and we perform laboratory observations and experiments on...

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PMID: 11901116
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/160.3.983
PMCID: PMC1462001

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