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- Hermaphrodite life history and the maintenance of partial selfing in experimental populations of Caenorhabditis elegansPublication . Carvalho, Sara; Phillips, Patrick C; Teotónio, HenriqueClassic population genetics theory predicts that mixed reproductive systems, where self reproduction (selfing) and outcrossing co-exist, should not be as common as they are in nature. One means of reconciling theory with observations is to recognize that sexual conflict between males and hermaphrodites and/or constraints in the allocation of resources towards sex functions in hermaphrodites can balance the fitness components of selfing and outcrossing.