Fitness and sexual response to population density in Daphnia pulex

• 1. The switch between asexual and sexual reproduction is an important fitness component in cyclically parthenogenetic populations as it is the key to persistence in unstable habitats and because it influences population genetic characteristics such as lin

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Medicinsk genetik (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Medical Genetics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

cyclical parthenogenesis; Daphnia; fitness; genetic variation; life-history; TEMPORALLY VARYING ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTION; MAGNA; DIFFERENTIATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; SELECTION; EVOLUTION

Clinical genetics

Klinisk genetik

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