Moving to mate: The evolution of separate and combined sexes in multicellular organisms

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 727-736

  Eppley, S M ^a,b   Jesson, L K ^b,c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Gonochorism; Hermaphroditism; Mate search efficiency; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; LOCOMOTION; MATE LOCATION; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 42049103023     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01524.x     Document Type: Article

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