A pluralist approach to sex and recombination

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1003-1012

  West, S A ^a   Lively, C M ^b   Read, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutation; Parasites; Recombination; Red Queen; Sex

Indexed keywords

GENETIC RECOMBINATION; SEX DIAGNOSIS;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032697818     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00119.x     Document Type: Review

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