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The evolution of sex and recombination in response to abiotic or coevolutionary fluctuations in epistasis.

Genetics - 1 Apr 2007

Gandon Sylvain, Otto Sarah P

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Evolutionary biologists have identified several factors that could explain the widespread phenomena of sex and recombination. One hypothesis is that host-parasite interactions favor sex and recombination because they favor the production of rare genotypes. A problem with many of the early models of this so-called Red Queen hypothesis is that several factors are acting together: directional selection, fluctuating...

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PMID: 17277371
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.066399
PMCID: PMC1855131

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