Evolutionary biology: Why sex is good

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7033, 2005, Pages 571-573

  Hoekstra, Rolf F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; YEAST;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGY;

EVOLUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GAMETE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUALITY; SHORT SURVEY; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEX;

ESTERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SPO11 PROTEIN; SPO13 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ESTERASES; EVOLUTION; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 15844408299     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/434571a     Document Type: Short Survey

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