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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Biology_(Kimball)/19%3A_The_Diversity_of_Life/19.01%3A_Eukaryotic_Life/19.1.04%3A_VolvoxThis page discusses Volvox, a multicellular green algae genus that reproduces both asexually, through gonidia from a dying parent, and sexually, with male and female gonidia forming sperm clusters and...This page discusses Volvox, a multicellular green algae genus that reproduces both asexually, through gonidia from a dying parent, and sexually, with male and female gonidia forming sperm clusters and eggs respectively. Fertilized eggs develop into zygotes that withstand harsh conditions. Additionally, it mentions that Volvox carteri's genome has 14,560 protein-encoding genes, comparable to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, but with extra genes for its extracellular matrix.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/12%3A_Sex_Strategies/12.01%3A_The_paradox_of_sex-_sexual_versus_asexual_reproductionThis is in accord with Charles Darwin, who concluded that the adaptive advantage of sex is hybrid vigor; or as he put it, "the offspring of two individuals, especially if their progenitors have been s...This is in accord with Charles Darwin, who concluded that the adaptive advantage of sex is hybrid vigor; or as he put it, "the offspring of two individuals, especially if their progenitors have been subjected to very different conditions, have a great advantage in height, weight, constitutional vigor and fertility over the self fertilized offspring from either one of the same parents," (1876).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_12%3A_Sex_Strategies/12.1%3A_The_paradox_of_sex%3A_sexual_versus_asexual_reproductionThis is in accord with Charles Darwin, [35] who concluded that the adaptive advantage of sex is hybrid vigor; or as he put it, "the offspring of two individuals, especially if their progenitors have b...This is in accord with Charles Darwin, [35] who concluded that the adaptive advantage of sex is hybrid vigor; or as he put it, "the offspring of two individuals, especially if their progenitors have been subjected to very different conditions, have a great advantage in height, weight, constitutional vigor and fertility over the self fertilized offspring from either one of the same parents."
