The ecology of sexual reproduction

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1292-1303

  Lively, C M ^a   Morran, L T ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic coevolution; Experimental evolution; Hill Robertson interference; Parthenogenesis; Recombination; Red Queen hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84903481311     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12354     Document Type: Article

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