Article
Variation in rates of spontaneous male production within the nematode species Pristionchus pacificus supports an adaptive role for males and outcrossing.
BMC evolutionary biology - 23 Feb 2017
Morgan Katy, McGaughran Angela, Rödelsperger Christian, Sommer Ralf J
Abstract excerpt
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 ou...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Altitude
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Nematoda
- Reproduction
- Sex Ratio
- Temperature