Article
[Evolution of sex: role of deleterious mutation and mobile elements].
Zhurnal obshchei biologii - 1 Jan 2000
Popad'in K Iu
Abstract excerpt
Prevalence of sexual reproduction is still enigma. The main character of sex is alleles mixing that could be advantageous either in unstable environment (in this case sex provides high temp of evolution) or in unstable genotype (in this case sex provides purge of genome from deleterious mutations). As long as not all species inhabit highly changeable environments, variation of genotypes is more important factor....
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