Positive feedback in the transition from sexual reproduction to parthenogenesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1686, 2010, Pages 1435-1442

  Schwander, Tanja ^a   Vuilleumier, Séverine ^b   Dubman, Janie ^a   Crespi, Bernard J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mate limitation; Parthenogenesis; Positive feedback loop; Reproductive insurance; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA; PHASMATODEA; TIMEMA;

EID: 77952261523     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2113     Document Type: Article

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