The many costs of sex

Publication year: 2011 Source: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Available online 21 October 2011 Jussi Lehtonen, Michael D. Jennions, Hanna Kokko Explaining the evolution of sex is challenging for biologists. A ‘twofold cost’ compared with asexual reproduction is often quoted. If a cost of this magnitude exists, the benefits of sex must be large for it to have evolved and be maintained

Publication year: 2011 Source: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Available online 21 October 2011 Jussi Lehtonen, Michael D. Jennions, Hanna Kokko Explaining the evolution of sex is challenging for biologists. A ‘twofold cost’ compared with asexual reproduction is often quoted. If a cost of this magnitude exists, the benefits of sex must be large for it to have evolved and be maintained

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The many costs of sex

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