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| Title |
Evolution of sexual asymmetry
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2004
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-4-34 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tamás L Czárán, Rolf F Hoekstra |
| Abstract |
The clear dominance of two-gender sex in recent species is a notorious puzzle of evolutionary theory. It has at least two layers: besides the most fundamental and challenging question why sex exists at all, the other part of the problem is equally perplexing but much less studied. Why do most sexual organisms use a binary mating system? Even if sex confers an evolutionary advantage (through whatever genetic mechanism), why does it manifest that advantage in two, and exactly two, genders (or mating types)? Why not just one, and why not more than two? |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 14 | 74% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 95% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 57 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 50 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 21 | 37% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 12% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 30 | 53% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 11% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 November 2023.
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#1,219,402
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Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#279
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#1,361
of 73,945 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#1
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