Concepedia

Why are there so many tiny sperm? Sperm competition and the maintenance of two sexes

George A. Parker

Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1982 · 510 citations · 20 references

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SPERM COMPETITION AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES IN THE INSECTS

George A. Parker · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1970 · 3.7K citations

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The Optimal Balance between Size and Number of Offspring

Christopher C. Smith, Stephen D. Fretwell · The American Naturalist · 1974 · 3K citations · Full text

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The theory of games and the evolution of animal conflicts

John Maynard Smith · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1974 · 2.5K citations

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THE GENETICAL THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

Sewall Wright · Journal of Heredity · 1930 · 897 citations

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The origin and evolution of gamete dimorphism and the male-female phenomenon

George A. Parker, R. Robin Baker, Vince Smith · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1972 · 658 citations

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