Title: Through the Looking Glass
Subtitle: I. Why Cross-Fertilize?
Description: The following pages represent the first volume of a book. The main goal is to introduce the evolutionary problem of sexual reproduction with a focus on competition between sexual and asexual females. But I also incorporate some ideas on genetic polymorphism and phenotypic plasticity with the goal of exploring variation strategies more generally. Finally, I try to weave in some history of the field along with some philosophy of science.
Subjects: evolution, coevolution, host-parasite interactions, Muller’s ratchet, parthenogenesis, Red Queen hypothesis, sexual reproduction