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Population structure, parasitism, and survivorship of sexual and autodiploid parthenogenetic Campeloma limum.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2000
Johnson S G
Abstract excerpt
Two theories for the maintenance of sexual reproduction, the Red Queen hypothesis and mutation accumulation, suggest that the dispersal rates of sexuals and asexuals may determine the elimination or persistence of asexuals. Under higher dispersal rates of asexuals, asexuals may temporarily escape virulent parasites and reduce the effects of deleterious mutations. In the present study, I examine the population...
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