Gametic conflict versus contact in the evolution of anisogamy

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-472

  Iyer, Priya ^a   Roughgarden, Joan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Gamete size; Isogamy; Sexual conflict; Social selection theory; Volvocales; Zygote growth; Zygote mortality; Zygote size

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; EGG SIZE; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GAMETOGENESIS; GREEN ALGA; MORTALITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIZE EFFECT; SPAWNING; SPERM; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; ZYGOTE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOCYTES; ZYGOTE;

CHLAMYDOMONADALES;

EID: 43249109091     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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