Risky business: Sexual and asexual reproduction in variable environments

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 541-556

  Robson, Arthur J ^a   Bergstrom, Carl T ^b,c   Pritchard, Jonathan K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033590908     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0894     Document Type: Article

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