Condition-dependent sexual reproduction is driven by benefits, not costs of sex

Abstract Facultative sexual organisms must allocate resources to both asexual and sexual reproduction. Optimal patterns of investment in sex depend on the relative costs and benefits of each reproductive mode, and may consequently be context- and condition-dependent. Two proposed explanations for th...

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Published inBehavioral ecology Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 1372 - 1379
Main Authors Lever, Jessica, Drapes, Sally, Hall, Matthew D, Booksmythe, Isobel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published UK Oxford University Press 01.11.2021
Subjects
fitness-associated sex
cyclic parthenogenesis
abandon ship hypothesis
cost of males
condition-dependent sex
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ISSN1045-2249
1465-7279
DOI10.1093/beheco/arab103

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