Why are there so many theories for sex, and what do we do with them?

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Meirmans, Stephanie ^a   Strand, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Explanatory pluralism; Levins; Maintenance of sex; Philosophy of science; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; PHILOSOPHY;

EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHILOSOPHY; SEX; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 77951981419     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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