Disentangling the benefits of sex

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Roze, Denis ^a,b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MATING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; ROTIFERA; SEX; ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ROTIFERA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; ROTIFERA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX;

EID: 84861537513     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001321     Document Type: Article

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