Article
Why sex and recombination?
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 25 Sept 1998
Barton N H, Charlesworth B
Abstract excerpt
REVIEW Most higher organisms reproduce sexually, despite the automatic reproductive advantage experienced by asexual variants. This implies the operation of selective forces that confer an advantage to sexuality and genetic recombination, at either the population or individual level. The effect o...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Recombination, Genetic
- Reproduction, Asexual
- Selection, Genetic
- Sex