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Accelerated mutation accumulation in asexual lineages of a freshwater snail.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Apr 2010
Neiman Maurine, Hehman Gery, Miller Joseph T, Logsdon John M, Taylor Douglas R
Abstract excerpt
Sexual reproduction is both extremely costly and widespread relative to asexual reproduction, meaning that it must also confer profound advantages in order to persist. One theorized benefit of sex is that it facilitates the clearance of harmful mutations, which would accumulate more rapidly in the absence of recombination. The extent to which ineffective purifying selection and mutation accumulation are direct...
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