How does sexual selection drive the evolution of exaggerated traits in animals?

The objective of this study was to optimize ASR of Acropora cervicornis by (1) evaluating broodstock compatibility for genets actively used within Mote's ... Premise of research. If sexual reproduction is necessary for maintaining genotypic diversity, then plant populations lacking sex might be expected to ... Sexual reproduction is a very costly process: the growth rate of asexual lineages exceeds that of sexual lineages. Nonetheless, sex is prevalent in nature. Asexual and sexual reproductionSexual reproduction. Bacteria and plants can reproduce asexually to produce genetically identical individuals. Sexual ... What drives the maintenance of sexual reproduction in Eukaryota is a key question in evolutionary biology. Modelling and empirical studies investigating ... Nov 9, 2010 ... Information on sexual reproduction is now available for 444 scleractinian species, and confirms that hermaphroditic broadcast spawning is the ... Most eukaryotes are able to reproduce sexually, and in many animals, it is the only mode of reproduction. Jan 17, 2018 ... Our results support the idea that the timing of sex is linked with periods when the relative cost of sex is reduced due to low potential asexual growth at high ... Mar 22, 2016 ... A fungal disease that poses a serious threat to cacao plants - the source of chocolate - reproduces clonally, Purdue University researchers find. LIGHT REQUIREMENT AND LIGHT INHIBITION OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FUSARIUM (HYPOMYCES) SOLANI f. sp. CUCURBITAE RACE 2. Authors: T. A. Toussoun and A. R. ...