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... sexual , egg - producing females in order to propagate their mother's genes . If we assume that the sons and daughters of a sexually reproducing female require ... Sexual and Parthenogenetic Females. SEXUAL SELECTION AND MALE COMPETITION 337.
... sexual , egg - producing females in order to propagate their mother's genes . If we assume that the sons and daughters of a sexually reproducing female require ... Sexual and Parthenogenetic Females. SEXUAL SELECTION AND MALE COMPETITION 337.
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... sexual females in the population . The proportion of parthenogenetic females will therefore rap- idly increase ( if our assumptions are correct ) and the end result will be the extinction of the sexually reproducing females and males ...
... sexual females in the population . The proportion of parthenogenetic females will therefore rap- idly increase ( if our assumptions are correct ) and the end result will be the extinction of the sexually reproducing females and males ...
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An Evolutionary Approach John Alcock. Individual Selection and Sexual Reproduction It is well known that sexual reproduction results in the con- tinual formation of novel genotypes [ 182 ] . In the making of gametes during meiosis , the ...
An Evolutionary Approach John Alcock. Individual Selection and Sexual Reproduction It is well known that sexual reproduction results in the con- tinual formation of novel genotypes [ 182 ] . In the making of gametes during meiosis , the ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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