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Sex and Evolution. (MPB-8)

By George Christopher Williams

Book information

Year
1975
ISBN
0691081522, 9780691081526
LCC
QH371 .W54
Open Library ID
OL18325561M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2881998 bytes)
Pages
210\107
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book explores the relationship between various types of reproduction and the evolutionary process. Starting with the concept of meiosis, George C. Williams states the conditions under which an organism with both sexual and asexual reproductive capacities will employ each mode. He argues that in low-fecundity higher organisms, sexual reproduction is generally maladaptive, and persists because there is no ready means of developing an asexual alternative. The book then considers the evolutionary development of diverse forms of sexuality, such as anisogamy, hermaphroditism. and the evolution of differences between males and females in reproductive strategy. The final two chapters examine the effect of genetic recombination on the evolutionary process itself.

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