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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3413793 Title: The evolution of sex Author: John Maynard Smith Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978. ISBN/ISSN: 052121887X 9780521218870 0521293022 9780521293020 OCLC:3413793

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The evolution of sex

Author:	John Maynard Smith
Publisher:	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	In this account, Professor Maynard Smith considers the question of why organisms reproduce sexually and considers the selective forces responsible.
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Subjects	Sex (Biology) Evolution (Biology) Population genetics. View all subjects
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	John Maynard Smith Find more information about:
ISBN:	052121887X 9780521218870 0521293022 9780521293020
OCLC Number:	3413793
Notes:	Includes indexes.
Performer(s):	ISBN 0-521-29302-2 Pbk : £2.95.
Description:	x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:	Preface -- The problem -- Some consequences of sex and recombination -- I. The rate of evolution -- Some consequences of sex and recombination -- II. Muller's ratchet -- Could sex be maintained by group selection? The comparative data -- Recombination -- the problem -- Short-term advantages for sex and recombination -- I. An unpredictable environment -- Short-term advantages for sex and recombination -- II. Selection in a finite population -- Hermaphroditism, selfing and outcrossing -- Anisogamy and the sex ratio -- Sexual selection -- Mutation.
Responsibility:	John Maynard Smith.
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