Origin of sex for error repair. II. Rarity and extreme environments.

doi:10.1006/tpbi.1995.1003

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Origin of sex for error repair. II. Rarity and extreme environments.

Theoretical population biology - 1 Feb 1995

Michod R E, Long A

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In a previous paper we studied the simultaneous, and at times conflicting, needs of coping with DNA damage, efficient cell replication, and the avoidance of cell mortality. These selective factors operated on sexual and asexual haploid and diploid populations that were reproductively isolated fro...

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Animals
Cell Division
Cell Physiological Phenomena
Cell Survival
DNA Damage
DNA Repair
DNA Replication
Diploidy
Haploidy
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Reproduction, Asexual
Sex

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