Parasitism, mutation accumulation and the maintenance of sex.

doi:10.1038/367554a0

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Parasitism, mutation accumulation and the maintenance of sex.

Nature - 10 Feb 1994

Howard R S, Lively C M

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Two classes of models attempt to explain why obligate partheno-genesis only rarely replaces sexual reproduction in natural populations, in spite of the apparent reproductive advantage that parthenogens gain by producing only female offspring. The mutation-accumulation models suggest that sex is a...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Computer Simulation
Host-Parasite Interactions
Mutation
Parthenogenesis
Sex

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