Digest: How mutational bias could explain the maintenance of sex

How does mutational bias affect the fitness of populations under different reproductive strategies? Vanhoenacker et al. (2018) found that mutational bias can greatly reduce the mean fitness of asexual populations, offering a new hypothesis for the maintenance of sex.

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Published in:Evolution 2018-09, Vol.72 (9), p.1970-1971
Main Author: Clo, Josselin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
DIGESTS
Fitness
Life Sciences
Mutation
Populations
Reproduction
Reproduction, Asexual
Reproductive fitness
Selection, Genetic
Sex
Vegetal Biology
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Summary:How does mutational bias affect the fitness of populations under different reproductive strategies? Vanhoenacker et al. (2018) found that mutational bias can greatly reduce the mean fitness of asexual populations, offering a new hypothesis for the maintenance of sex.
ISSN:0014-3820
1558-5646
DOI:10.1111/evo.13578