John Maynard Smith, Ronald Ted Smith

Evolution of Sex

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this account, Professor Maynard Smith considers the question of why organisms reproduce sexually and considers the selective forces responsible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9780521293020
• ISBN-10: 0521293022
• Artikelnr.: 26333605

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The problem
2. Some consequences of sex and recombination - I. The rate of evolution
3. Some consequences of sex and recombination - II. Muller's ratchet
4. Could sex be maintained by group selection? The comparative data
5. Recombination - the problem
6. Short-term advantages for sex and recombination - I. An unpredictable environment
7. Short-term advantages for sex and recombination - II. Selection in a finite population
8. Hermaphroditism, selfing and outcrossing
9. Anisogamy and the sex ratio
10. Sexual selection
11. Mutation.