Sex enhances adaptation by unlinking beneficial from detrimental mutations in experimental yeast populations.

doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-43

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Sex enhances adaptation by unlinking beneficial from detrimental mutations in experimental yeast populations.

BMC evolutionary biology - 30 Mar 2012

Gray Jeremy C, Goddard Matthew R

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BACKGROUND: The maintenance of sexuality is a classic problem in evolutionary biology because it is a less efficient mode of reproduction compared with asexuality; however, many organisms are sexual. Theoretical work suggests sex facilitates natural selection, and experimental data support this. However, there are fewer experimental studies that have attempted to determine the mechanisms underlying the advantage...

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PMID: 22462622
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-43
PMCID: PMC3342131

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