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Effective purifying selection in ancient asexual oribatid mites.

Nature communications - 12 Oct 2017

Brandt Alexander, Schaefer Ina, Glanz Julien, Schwander Tanja, Maraun Mark, Scheu Stefan, Bast Jens

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Sex is beneficial in the long term because it can prevent mutational meltdown through increased effectiveness of selection. This idea is supported by empirical evidence of deleterious mutation accumulation in species with a recent transition to asexuality. Here, we study the effectiveness of purifying selection in oribatid mites which have lost sex millions of years ago and diversified into different families and...

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PMID: 29026136
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01002-8
PMCID: PMC5638860

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