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Why Sex? A Pluralist Approach Revisited.

Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Aug 2017

Neiman Maurine, Lively Curtis M, Meirmans Stephanie

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Why sexual reproduction predominates in nature remains a mystery. The mystery stems in part from the fact that many of the plausible hypotheses for sex have restrictive assumptions. Two decades ago these limitations inspired the formulation of a 'pluralist' approach in which standalone hypotheses for sex were considered together. Here we review representative literature to address whether this strategy has...

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PMID: 28606425
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.05.004

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