ArticleEcology and evolution2018
Turnover in local parasite populations temporarily favors host outcrossing over self-fertilization during experimental evolution.
Article in Ecology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Variation in self-compatibility among genotypes and across ontogeny in a self-fertilizing vertebrate,Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
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- Virus infection modulates male sexual behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans.Molecular ecology · 2021Article
- Density, parasitism, and sexual reproduction are strongly correlated in lakeEcology and evolution · 2021Article
- Males, Outcrossing, and Sexual Selection inGenetics · 2019Review
- Turnover in local parasite populations temporarily favors host outcrossing over self-fertilization during experimental evolution.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
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Abstract
The ubiquity of outcrossing in plants and animals is difficult to explain given its costs relative to self-fertilization. Despite these costs, exposure to changing environmental conditions can temporarily favor outcrossing over selfing. Therefore, recurring episodes of environmental change are predicted to favor the maintenance of outcrossing. Studies of host-parasite coevolution have provided strong support for this hypothesis. However, it is unclear whether multiple exposures to novel parasite genotypes in the absence of coevolution are sufficient to favor outcrossing. Using the nematode
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