The evolutionary instability of isogamy

The Evolution of Anisogamy: A Fundamental Phenomenon Underlying Sexual Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 75-95

  Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Abrams, Peter A ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84857192907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511975943.003     Document Type: Chapter

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