Selection for high gamete encounter rates explains the evolution of anisogamy using plausible assumptions about size relationships of swimming speed and duration

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Dusenbery, David B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Encounter; Fertilization; Isogamy; Selection

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

EVOLUTION; GAMETE; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SWIMMING;

ARTICLE; FERTILE PERIOD; FERTILITY; GAMETE; HERITABILITY; HORMONE RELEASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33744520060     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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