Haploid females in the isomorphic biphasic life-cycle of Gracilaria chilensis excel in survival

Abstract Background Conditional differentiation is one of the most fundamental drivers of biodiversity. Competitive entities (usually species) differ in environmental or ecological niche enabling them to co-exist. Conditional differentiation of haploid and diploid generations is considered to be a r...

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Main Authors: Vasco M. N. C. S. Vieira, Aschwin H. Engelen, Oscar R. Huanel, Marie-Laure Guillemin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Age
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1285-z