Why have sex? The population genetics of sex and recombination

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-522

  Otto, S P ^a   Gerstein, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drift; Epistasis; Evolution of sex; Modifier theory; Recombination; Red Queen hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EVOLUTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEIOSIS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DNA, RECOMBINANT; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX;

EID: 33747152772     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0340519     Document Type: Review

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