What are the evolutionary reasons for the existence of different sized gametes?

Pacific Temperate Conifers as Native and Introduced Species Genetics & Sexual Reproduction ... Sexual Reproduction. Description. Event Details. past. Start ... What drives the maintenance of sexual reproduction in Eukaryota is a key question in evolutionary biology. Modelling and empirical studies investigating ... ... asexual and sexual reproduction, C. depauperatus grows only as long, branching filaments called hyphae, a sexual form. The species reproduces sexually with ... Sexual reproduction requires the union of two specialized cells, called gametes, each of which contains one set of chromosomes. When two gametes unite, they ... Sexual reproduction offers the opportunity to produce recombinant types that can make the population better able to keep up with changes in the environment. Asexual reproduction generates offspring that are genetically identical to a single parent. In sexual reproduction, two parents contribute genetic information ... Oct 28, 2009 ... The Red Queen Hypothesis proposes that virulent parasites adapt to infect genetically common hosts, preventing asexuals from becoming too ... May 24, 2009 ... To determine the genetic features underlying their diversity of biology and pathogenesis, we sequenced six genomes from the Candida clade (Fig. Apr 7, 2017 ... Our results demonstrate that P. citricarpa is heterothallic and requires isolates of different MAT idiomorphs to be in direct physical contact. ... sexual reproduction. PLoS Biol 17(8): e3000364. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000364. Academic Editor: Boris Striepen, University of Georgia, UNITED STATES.