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Microsatellite DNA markers applicable to paternity inference in the androdioecious gooseneck barnacle Octolasmis warwickii (Lepadiformes: Poecilasmatidae).
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jun 2020
Kobayashi Mayumi, Yusa Yoichi, Sekino Masashi
Abstract excerpt
The gooseneck barnacle Octolasmis warwickii has a rare sexual system called androdioecy, in which hermaphrodites and dwarf males co-occur. It has been hypothesized that dwarf males can coexist with conspecific hermaphrodites when dwarf males are capable of leaving more offspring than hermaphrodites via male reproduction. This hypothesis of reproductive superiority of dwarf males can be validated by comparing the...
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