The twofold cost of sex unfolded

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1119-1129

  Olofsson, Helen ^a,b   Lundberg, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co existence; Evolution of sex; Invasion; Life history; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448985962     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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