Factors affecting binary sex evolution with respect to avoidance of vertical transmission of deleterious intracellular parasites

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-515

  Yamauchi, Atsushi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binary sex evolution; Cytoplasmic DNA; Theory; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYMBIONT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037763686     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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