The Effects of Losing Sex on Genetic Variation in Oenothera (Onagraceae)

Theory predicts that sexual reproduction confers an advantage over asexual reproduction due to the generation and maintenance of genetic variation afforded by the processes of recombination and segregation. However, this prediction has rarely been empirically tested. Oenothera is a flowering plant g...

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Main Author: Godfrey, Ryan
Other Authors: Johnson, Marc
Language:en_ca
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/44022