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Natural Variation in plep-1 Causes Male-Male Copulatory Behavior in C. elegans.
Current biology : CB - 19 Oct 2015
Noble Luke M, Chang Audrey S, McNelis Daniel, Kramer Max, Yen Mimi, Nicodemus Jasmine P, Riccardi David D, Ammerman Patrick, Phillips Matthew, Islam Tangirul, Rockman Matthew V
Abstract excerpt
In sexual species, gametes have to find and recognize one another. Signaling is thus central to sexual reproduction and involves a rapidly evolving interplay of shared and divergent interests [1-4]. Among Caenorhabditis nematodes, three species have evolved self-fertilization, changing the balance of intersexual relations [5]. Males in these androdioecious species are rare, and the evolutionary interests of...
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