Experimental evidence of hybrid breakdown between genetically distinct populations of Echinostoma caproni.

doi:10.1017/s0031182098002947

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Experimental evidence of hybrid breakdown between genetically distinct populations of Echinostoma caproni.

Parasitology - 1 Aug 1998

Trouvé S, Renaud F, Durand P, Jourdane J

Abstract excerpt

In this paper we investigate whether the assortative mating between individuals of the same genetic entity (i.e. coming from the same geographical area) of Echinostoma caproni, reported in a previous paper, may be explained by a post-zygotic isolating mechanism. The fecundity of the adults of 2 p...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Biological Evolution
Crosses, Genetic
Echinostoma
Fertility
Genotype
Hybridization, Genetic
Mice

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