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Resampling the pool of genotypic possibilities: an adaptive function of sexual reproduction.
BMC ecology and evolution - 12 Jun 2021
Hickey Donal A, Golding G Brian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Natural populations harbor significant levels of genetic variability. Because of this standing genetic variation, the number of possible genotypic combinations is many orders of magnitude greater than the population size. This means that any given population contains only a tiny fraction of all possible genotypic combinations. RESULTS: We show that recombination allows a finite population to resample...
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