Migration load and the coexistence of ecologically similar sexuals and asexuals

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 567-572

  Spitzer, Brian W ^a   Haygood, Ralph ^b  

^a GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexuals; Coexistence; Frozen niche variation model; Gene flow; Migration load; Sexuals

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COEXISTENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34948883297     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521235     Document Type: Article

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