An evolutionary perspective of the origin of males from unisexual ancestral females  

作　　者：Zhongneng Xu 

机构地区：[1]Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2017年第1期102-104,共3页中国科学（生命科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the United Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China-Guangdong(U1301235)

摘　　要：The urge to understand the cause and evolution of sex both scientifically and philosophically is the result of the devel- opment of human civilization and a fascination regarding the existing phenomenon of sexual reproduction. Theories regarding the evolution of sex have been developed by many scientists such as Aristotle, Charles Darwin, August Weismann, Hermann Henking, Nettie Stevens, John May- nard Smith, the Charlesworths, Sarah E Otto, and A. S. Kondrashov （Maynard Smith, 1978; Kondrashov,The urge to understand the cause and evolution of sex both scientifically and philosophically is the result of the development of human civilization and a fascination regarding the existing phenomenon of sexual reproduction.Theories regarding the evolution of sex have been developed by many scientists such as Aristotle,Charles Darwin,August Weismann,Hermann Henking,Nettie Stevens,John Maynard Smith,the Charlesworths,Sarah P.Otto,and A.S.Kondrashov(Maynard Smith,1978;Kondrashov,1993;Bachtrog et al.,2014).Many theories tried to provide reasons behind the maintenance of sex,but a sequence in

关 键 词：起源进化 祖先 男性 女性 单性 DARWIN 亚里士多德 SMITH 

分 类 号：Q981[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]