The evolution of sex is favoured during adaptation to new environments

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Becks, Lutz ^a,b,c   Agrawal, Aneil F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; ROTIFERA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX; ZYGOTE;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; ROTIFERA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84861566860     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001317     Document Type: Article

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