Selfing and outcrossing in a parasitic hermaphrodite helminth (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae)
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Evolution of Mating Systems: Outcrossing versus Selfing
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0018-067X,1365-2540
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.101