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-sightednes...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2008-04, Vol.275 (1636), p.817-825
Hauptverfasser:	Kokko, Hanna, Heubel, Katja U, Rankin, Daniel J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Asexual reproduction Biological Evolution Copulation Ecosystem Evolution Evolution Of Sex Extinct species Female Host-Parasite Interactions Male Male animals Mate Choice Mating behavior Mating Preference, Animal - physiology Metapopulation Dynamics Metapopulation ecology Parasite hosts Parasites Parasites - physiology Poecilia - physiology Poecilia formosa Population Dynamics Reproduction - genetics Reproduction - physiology Species extinction Spermatozoa Spermatozoa - physiology
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