Credits

  1. Otto, S. P. 2001. Eliminating the Cost of Sex with Sexual Selection. Trends in Ecology & Evolution November 2001: 602.
  2. Lively, C. M. Evolution of sex and recombination. http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~clively/Research/sex%26recomb.html
  3. Ridley, Matt, The Advantage of Sex. 1993. Adapted from New Scientist 1902. http://www.pbs.org/wghb/evolution/sex/advantag/index.html.
  4. Hurst, L. D., J. R. Peck. Recent advances in understanding of the evolution and maintenance of sex. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. February 1996: 46.
  5. Redfield, R. J. Male mutation rates and the cost of sex for females. 1994. Nature 369: 145-147.
  6. Kondrashov, A.S. (1993) Classification of hypotheses on the advantage of amphimixis, J. Hered. 84, 372-387.
  7. Woodhouse, M. J. and J. P. Webster. 2000. In Search of the Red Queen. Parasitology Today 16:32. 506-508.
  8. Howard, R.S. and C.M. Lively. 1994. Parasitism, mutation accumulation and the maintenance of sex. Nature 367:554-557.
  9. Carrol, L. 1872. Through the looking glass and what Alice found there. Macmillan, London.
  10. Lively, C. M. Red Queen hypothesis. http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~clively/Research/Red_Queen%20hyp.html.
  11. Lively, C. M., C. Craddock, & R. C. Vrijenhoek. 1990. Nature 344: 864-866.
  12. Quammen, David. "Is Sex Necessary?" p 169-174 Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature. Avon Books 1985. p 174.

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