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The evolutionary role of males in C. elegans.
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- Natural Variation in plep-1 Causes Male-Male Copulatory Behavior in C. elegans.Current biology : CB · 2015Article
- Mating behavior, male sensory cilia, and polycystins in Caenorhabditis elegans.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2014Review
- C. elegans ciliated sensory neurons release extracellular vesicles that function in animal communication.Current biology : CB · 2014Article
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- The development of sexual dimorphism: studies of the Caenorhabditis elegans male.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biologyReview
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Abstract
Although the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans reproduces primarily as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite, males are maintained in natural populations at low frequency. In this commentary, I discuss the evolutionary forces that maintain males and the role males might play in this mating system.
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