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On the causes of selection for recombination underlying the red queen hypothesis.
The American naturalist - 1 Jul 2009
Salathé Marcel, Kouyos Roger D, Bonhoeffer Sebastian
Abstract excerpt
The vast majority of plant and animal species reproduce sexually despite the costs associated with sexual reproduction. Genetic recombination might outweigh these costs if it helps the species escape parasite pressure by creating rare or novel genotypes, an idea known as the Red Queen hypothesis. Selection for recombination can be driven by short- and long-term effects, but the relative importance of these...
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