The accumulation of deleterious mutations by Muller's ratchet

The evolutionary significance of genetic recombination is one of the most intriguing problems in evolutionary biology, since recombination is one of the primary features of sexual reproduction. Of the vast number of questions that one can ask in relation to sex and recombination, the simplest is: wh...

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Main Author: Gordo, Isabel Mendes
Published: University of Edinburgh 2001
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657693