Selection by parasites for clonal diversity and mixed mating.

doi:10.1098/rstb.1994.0144

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Selection by parasites for clonal diversity and mixed mating.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 29 Nov 1994

Lively C M, Howard R S

Abstract excerpt

On theoretical grounds, coevolutionary interactions with parasites can select for cross-fertilization, even when there is a twofold advantage gained by reproducing through uniparental means. The suspected advantage of cross-fertilization stems from the production of genetically rare offspring, wh...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Computer Simulation
Models, Theoretical
Mutation
Parasites
Selection, Genetic

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