Diversification and hybrid incompatibility in auto-pseudogamous species of Mesorhabditis nematodes
Abstract Background Pseudogamy is a reproductive system in which females rely on the sperm of males to activate their oocytes, generally parasitizing males of other species, but do not use the sperm DNA. The nematode Mesorhabditis belari uses a specific form of pseudogamy, where females produce thei...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01665-w |