Coexistence between Cyclical Parthenogen
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Claude Rispe; Jean-Sébastien Pierre
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We evaluate the cost of sex in cyclical parthenogens coexisting with obligate parthenogens that produce a few sexuals, a situation found in numerous species. In aphids and cladocera, sex is generally the only way to produce a resistant form; this gives a potential ecological advantage to sex. We foc