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Sex as a strategy against rapidly evolving parasites
Why is sex ubiquitous when asexual reproduction is much less costly? Sex disrupts coadapted gene complexes; it also causes costs associated with mate finding and the production of males who do not themselves bear offspring. Theory predicts parasites select for host sex, because genetically variable...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5204169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28003455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2226 |