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Why sex and recombination?

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 25 Sept 1998

Barton N H, Charlesworth B

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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 of sex and recombination in breaking down negative correlations between favorable variants at different genetic loci,...

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