Gamete encounters

The Evolution of Anisogamy: A Fundamental Phenomenon Underlying Sexual Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 168-193

  Dusenbery, David B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84904817987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511975943.007     Document Type: Chapter

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