Open AccessDisentangling the Benefits of Sex
Author(s) -
Denis Roze
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001321
Subject(s) - biology , adaptation (eye) , evolution of sexual reproduction , sexual reproduction , natural selection , experimental evolution , evolutionary biology , reproduction , sexual selection , selection (genetic algorithm) , genetic fitness , variation (astronomy) , genetic variation , biological evolution , ecology , genetics , gene , computer science , physics , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , astrophysics
In experiments with a facultatively sexual rotifer, populations adapting to novel environments evolve higher rates of sex because sexual mixing quickly assembles well-adapted genotypes.
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