The costs and benefits of occasional sex: Theoretical predictions and a case study

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  D'Souza, Thomas G ^a   Michiels, Nico K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asexual; Evolution of sex; Parthenogenesis; Polyploidy; Rare sex

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TURBELLARIA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANARIANS; POLYPLOIDY; SEX; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHMIDTEA POLYCHROA;

EID: 77952002520     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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