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No evidence for strong cytonuclear conflict over sex allocation in a simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworm.
BMC evolutionary biology - 20 Apr 2017
Vellnow Nikolas, Vizoso Dita B, Viktorin Gudrun, Schärer Lukas
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BACKGROUND: Cytoplasmic sex allocation distorters, which arise from cytonuclear conflict over the optimal investment into male versus female reproductive function, are some of the best-researched examples for genomic conflict. Among hermaphrodites, many such distorters have been found in plants, while, to our knowledge, none have been clearly documented in animals. METHODS: Here we provide a quantitative test for...
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