A perspective on the importance of reproductive mode in astrobiology

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 657-671

  Van Doninck, Karine ^a,b,c   Schön, Isa ^a   Martens, Koen ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient asexuals; Asexual reproduction; Extraterrestrial conditions; Fluctuating selection; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BDELLOIDA; DARWINULIDAE; EUKARYOTA; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTATION; PLANETS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 4444331150     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703322735999     Document Type: Review

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