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How populations persist when asexuality requires sex: the spatial dynamics of coping with sperm parasites

The twofold cost of sex implies that sexual and asexual reproduction do not coexist easily. Asexual forms tend to outcompete sexuals but may eventually suffer higher extinction rates, creating tension between short- and long-term advantages of different reproductive modes. The ‘short-sightedness’ of...

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Main Authors: Kokko, Hanna, Heubel, Katja U, Rankin, Daniel J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596895/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18182369
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.1199
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