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Sex enhances adaptation by unlinking beneficial from detrimental mutations in experimental yeast populations

BACKGROUND: The maintenance of sexuality is a classic problem in evolutionary biology because it is a less efficient mode of reproduction compared with asexuality; however, many organisms are sexual. Theoretical work suggests sex facilitates natural selection, and experimental data support this. How...

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Autores principales: Gray, Jeremy C, Goddard, Matthew R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22462622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-43