A mathematical model for the phase of sexual reproduction in monogonont rotifers

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 451-471

  Calsina, Angel ^a   Mazón, José M ^b   Serra, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily Stable Strategy; Monogonont rotifers; Nonlinear age dependent population; Sex ratio theory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ROTIFERA; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; ROTIFERA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 0034182985     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850000021     Document Type: Article

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