Why Are There Two Sexes?

Sex Differences in the Brain: From Genes to Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rhen, Turk ^a   Crews, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryotes; Evolution; Gene expression; Natural selection; Neural mechanisms; Sex differences; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311587.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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