Sex, meiosis and multicellularity

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-141

  Ruvinsky, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031172778     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000334022255     Document Type: Article

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