Effective purifying selection in ancient asexual oribatid mites

Sex is beneficial in the long term because it can prevent mutational meltdown through increased effectiveness of selection. This idea is supported by empirical evidence of deleterious mutation accumulation in species with a recent transition to asexuality. Here, we study the effectiveness of purifyi...

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Autores principales: Brandt, Alexander, Schaefer, Ina, Glanz, Julien, Schwander, Tanja, Maraun, Mark, Scheu, Stefan, Bast, Jens
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5638860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01002-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5638860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01002-8

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