Influence of spatial structure on the maintenance of sexual reproduction

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 520-528

  Ament, Irene ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Drossel, Barbara ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution of sex; Parthenogenesis; Resource competition; Sexual reproduction; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EGG; GENOTYPE; JUVENILE; METAZOAN; NEMATODE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROTIST; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EGG; GENOTYPE; METAZOON; MIGRATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTION; ROTIFERA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BDELLOIDA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 51349088059     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.024     Document Type: Article

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