A new hypothesis to explain geographic parthenogenesis
- Haag, Christoph R. Division of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Ebert, Dieter Division of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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31.08.2004
Published in:
- Annales Zoologici Fennici. - 2004, vol. 41, no. 4, p. 539-544
English
In many plants and animal species, asexuals are more common in marginal habitats such as high latitudes or altitudes than their closely related sexual counterparts. Here we propose a new hypothesis to explain this pattern called "geographic parthenogenesis". In marginal habitats, populations may often exist as metapopulations with high degrees of subdivision and local extinction and ... Show more…
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Biologie
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Ecology
- Other electronic version
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Publisher's version : http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anzf41/anzf41-539.pdf
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- License undefined
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- RERO DOC 4114
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/299548