Small sperm, uniparental inheritance and selfish cytoplasmic elements: A comparison of two models

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1110-1124

  Randerson, J P ^a   Hurst, L D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Conflict hypothesis; Nuclear cytoplasmic conflict; Selfish cytoplasmic elements; Uniparental inheritance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032696707     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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