On luck and sex

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-47

  Blachford, Alistair ^a   Doebeli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of sex; Ecological noise; Genetic drift; Outcrossing; Reproductive strategies; Self fertilization

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DRIFT; LIFE HISTORY; OUTCROSSING; RECOMBINATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 58249123408     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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