Sex speeds adaptation by altering the dynamics of molecular evolution

Michael J. McDonald, Daniel P. Rice and Michael M. Desai ()
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Michael J. McDonald: Harvard University, Cambridge
Daniel P. Rice: Harvard University, Cambridge
Michael M. Desai: Harvard University, Cambridge

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7593, 233-236

Abstract: In a comparison between replicate sexual and asexual populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, sexual reproduction increases fitness by reducing clonal interference and alters the type of mutations that get fixed by natural selection.

Date: 2016
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