A combinational theory for maintenance of sex

Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 445-457

  Horandl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Evolution; Meiosis; Polyploidy; Sex

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DNA; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; POLYPLOIDY; RECOMBINATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70549101264     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.85     Document Type: Review

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