Transmissible cancer and the evolution of sex.
The origin and subsequent maintenance of sex and recombination are among the most elusive and controversial problems in evolutionary biology. Here, we propose a novel hypothesis, suggesting that sexual reproduction not only evolved to reduce the negative effects of the accumulation of deleterious mu...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000275 |