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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |