Selfing is the safest sex for Caenorhabditis tropicalis
L. M. Noble, J. Yuen, L. Stevens, N. Moya, R. S. Persaud, M. A. Moscatelli, J. L. Jackson, G. Zhang, R. Chitrakar, R. Baugh, C. Braendle, E. C. Andersen, H. S. Seidel, M. V. Rockman
This study investigates the mating system of C. tropicalis, finding that selfing reduces outbreeding depression caused by gene drive elements.
bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2020Evolutionary Biology