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Habitat heterogeneity favors asexual reproduction in natural populations of grassthrips.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Aug 2016
Lavanchy Guillaume, Strehler Marie, Llanos Roman Maria Noemi, Lessard-Therrien Malie, Humbert Jean-Yves, Dumas Zoé, Jalvingh Kirsten, Ghali Karim, Fontcuberta García-Cuenca Amaranta, Zijlstra Bart, Arlettaz Raphaël, Schwander Tanja
Abstract excerpt
Explaining the overwhelming success of sex among eukaryotes is difficult given the obvious costs of sex relative to asexuality. Different studies have shown that sex can provide benefits in spatially heterogeneous environments under specific conditions, but whether spatial heterogeneity commonly contributes to the maintenance of sex in natural populations remains unknown. We experimentally manipulated habitat...
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