The ecological advantage of sexual reproduction in multicellular long-lived organisms

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 556-565

  Song, Y ^a   Scheu, S ^b   Drossel, B ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians and reptiles; Birds; Life history evolution; Mammals; Quantitative genetics; Simulation; Theory; Trade offs.

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; BODY MASS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; REPTILE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84862783097     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02454.x     Document Type: Article

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