Taken together, the Pristionchus – beetle association provides a powerful tool for studying …

• Sex, bugs and Haldane's rule: the nematode genus Pristionchus in the United States
• Background
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Materials and methods
• References
• Figures
• Tables

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