Loss of complementation and the logic of two-step meiosis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1098-1105

  Archetti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Complementation; Conjugation; Meiosis; One step; Recombination; Sexual reproduction; Two step

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; FROG; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MEIOSIS; PLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLOIDIES; RANIDAE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; ZOOMASTIGOPHORA;

EID: 4444327310     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00726.x     Document Type: Review

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