Evolutionary genetics: the evils of abstinence from sex.
The evolutionary significance of sexual reproduction and genetic recombination is a long-standing puzzle. Some recent experiments on Drosophila show that a lack of recombination can impede adaptive evolution.
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Institute for Cell, Animal and Population Biology, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, Edinburgh, UK. Brian.Charlesworth@ed.ac.uk
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