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Why do hybrids turn down sex?
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 3 Oct 2023
Fyon Frédéric, Berbel-Filho Waldir Miron, Schlupp Ingo, Wild Geoff, Úbeda Francisco
Abstract excerpt
Asexual reproduction is ancestral in prokaryotes; the switch to sexuality in eukaryotes is one of the major transitions in the history of life. The study of the maintenance of sex in eukaryotes has raised considerable interest for decades and is still one of evolutionary biology's most prominent question. The observation that many asexual species are of hybrid origin has led some to propose that asexuality in...
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