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The maintenance of sex in parasites.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jan 2003

Galvani Alison P, Coleman Ronald M, Ferguson Neil M

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The maintenance of sex is an unresolved paradox in evolutionary biology, given the inherent twofold fitness advantage for asexuals. Parasitic helminths offer a unique opportunity to address this enigma. Parasites that can create novel antigenic strains are able to escape pre-existing host immunity. Viruses produce diversity through mutation with rapid clonal proliferation. The long generation times of helminth...

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PMID: 12590767
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2182
PMCID: PMC1691212

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