Costs of changing sex do not explain why sequential hermaphroditism is rare

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-336

  Kazancioǧlu, Erem ^a   Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Evolutionarily stable strategies; Game theory; Sequential hermaphroditism; Sex allocation; Sex change

Indexed keywords

DIOECY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GAME THEORY; HERMAPHRODITISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX REVERSAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER AND SEX; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; HERMAPHRODITE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 61849155250     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596539     Document Type: Article

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