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Does Sex Speed Up Evolutionary Rate and Increase Biodiversity?

Most empirical and theoretical studies have shown that sex increases the rate of evolution, although evidence of sex constraining genomic and epigenetic variation and slowing down evolution also exists. Faster rates with sex have been attributed to new gene combinations, removal of deleterious mutat...

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Autores principales: Melián, Carlos J., Alonso, David, Allesina, Stefano, Condit, Richard S., Etienne, Rampal S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22412362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002414