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Hermaphrodites

Schärer, Lukas and Ramm, Steven A.. (2016) Hermaphrodites. In: Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology, 2. Oxford, pp. 212-224.

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Abstract

The evolution of anisogamy (sperm and eggs) does not necessarily lead to two classes of individuals that produce either one or the other gamete type (males and females). In diverse taxa, the two sex functions are often combined within the same individual, either sequentially or simultaneously. This hermaphroditism has important consequences for the evolutionary biology of sex, including that (1) sex allocation becomes an individual optimization problem of balancing resource investment into male and female reproduction, (2) sexual selection acts on – and sexual conflict occurs between – sperm donors and sperm recipients, and (3) it opens up the possibility of self-fertilization.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Evolutionary Biology (Schärer)
UniBasel Contributors:Schärer, Lukas
Item Type:Book Section, refereed
Book Section Subtype:Further Contribution in a Book
Publisher:Elsevier
e-ISBN:978-0-12-800049-6
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Book item
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