Gamete competition, gamete limitation, and the evolution of the two sexes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1161-1168

  Lehtonen, Jussi ^a   Parker, Geoff A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisogamy; Gamete; Isogamy; Reproduction; Sexes

Indexed keywords

ANCESTOR; ANISOGAMY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE COMPETITION; GAMETE LIMITATION; GAMETE SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANISMS BY PHYLOGENETIC POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF FERTILIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SELF-FERTILIZATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84930404931     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau068     Document Type: Review

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