Resolving the paradox of sex and recombination

2002/04/01 by Sarah P. Otto, Thomas Lenormand · 707 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Biology #Computer science #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic recombination #Genetics #Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models #Plant and animal studies #Recombination #Reproduction #Set (abstract data type) #Sexual reproduction

paper · doi:10.1038/nrg761

published in Nature Reviews Genetics 3(4), 252-261 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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