Reproductive Evolution: Pulling the Plug on Selection.
Hermaphroditism leads to reduced sexual selection and can result in the retention of deleterious mutations. A new study characterizes one such mutation that results in male-male copulation in nematodes, while also implicating a previously undescribed source of chemical signaling.
Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA.
Douglas K
DK
Reilly
Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA. Electronic address: jsrinivasan@wpi.edu.
Jagan
J
Srinivasan
D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins