Anisogamy, expenditure of reproductive effort, and the optimality of having two sexes

Anisogamy, expenditure of reproductive effort, and the optimality of having two sexes

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Article ID: iaor20073693
Country: United States
Volume: 53
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 560
End Page Number: 567
Publication Date: May 2005
Journal: Operations Research
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: programming: quadratic
Abstract:

No good formal arguments exist for a central question in biology: Why, in species that have sexual reproduction, are there usually only ‘males’ and ‘females’? We present a nonlinear optimization model that supports the conclusion that having only two sexes maximizes long-run viability.

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