Recent advances in understanding of the evolution and maintenance of sex

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 46-52

  Hurst, Laurence D ^a   Peck, Joel R ^b  

^a Dept of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030020990     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)81041-X     Document Type: Review

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