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Rare gene capture in predominantly androgenetic species.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Jun 2011
Hedtke Shannon M, Glaubrecht Matthias, Hillis David M
Abstract excerpt
The long-term persistence of completely asexual species is unexpected. Although asexuality has short-term evolutionary advantages, a lack of genetic recombination leads to the accumulation over time of deleterious mutations. The loss of individual fitness as a result of accumulated deleterious mutations is expected to lead to reduced population fitness and possible lineage extinction. Persistent lineages of...
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