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Evolutionary genetics: desperate times call for more sex.

Current biology : CB - 10 Aug 2010

Zeyl Clifford

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A new study has found that strains of the fungus Aspergillus nidulans produce more of their spores sexually in environments where they are less fit, resembling a hypothesized transitional stage in the evolution of sex.

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PMID: 20692611
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.06.008

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