Phenotypic plasticity promotes recombination and gene clustering in periodic environments.

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While theory offers clear predictions for when recombination will evolve in changing environments, it is unclear what natural scenarios can generate the necessary conditions. The Red Queen hypothesis provides one such scenario, but it requires antagonistic host-parasite interactions. Here we present a novel scenario for the evolution of recombination in finite populations: the genomic storage effect due to...

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