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The many costs of sex

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dc.contributor.authorLehtonen, Jussi
dc.contributor.authorJennions, Michael
dc.contributor.authorKokko, Hanna
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:13:43Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T12:09:50Z
dc.description.abstractExplaining the evolution of sex is challenging for biologists. A 'twofold cost' compared with asexual reproduction is often quoted. If a cost of this magnitude exists, the benefits of sex must be large for it to have evolved and be maintained. Focusing on benefits can be misleading, as this sidelines important questions about the cost of sex: what is the source of the twofold cost: males, genome dilution or both? Does the cost deviate from twofold? What other factors make sex costly? How should the costs of sex be empirically measured? The total cost of sex and how it varies in different contexts must be known to determine the benefits needed to account for the origin and maintenance of sex.
dc.identifier.issn0169-5347
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/64549
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceTrends in Ecology and Evolution
dc.subjectKeywords: asexual reproduction; empirical analysis; genome; reproductive cost; animal; asexual reproduction; eukaryote; evolution; female; genome; male; meiosis; physiology; plant physiology; reproduction; review; sex; Animals; Biological Evolution; Eukaryota; Fema
dc.titleThe many costs of sex
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage178
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage172
local.contributor.affiliationLehtonen, Jussi, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationJennions, Michael, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationKokko, Hanna, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidLehtonen, Jussi, u4949525
local.contributor.authoruidJennions, Michael, u4037305
local.contributor.authoruidKokko, Hanna, u4787851
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor060303 - Biological Adaptation
local.identifier.absseo970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9511635xPUB958
local.identifier.citationvolume27
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tree.2011.09.016
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84857190672
local.identifier.thomsonID000301635600009
local.type.statusPublished Version

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