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Review
. 1985 Sep 20;229(4719):1277-81.
doi: 10.1126/science.3898363.

Genetic damage, mutation, and the evolution of sex

H Bernstein, H C Byerly, F A Hopf, R E Michod
Review

Genetic damage, mutation, and the evolution of sex

H Bernstein et al. Science. .

Abstract

The two fundamental aspects of sexual reproduction, recombination and outcrossing, appear to be maintained respectively by the advantages of recombinational repair and genetic complementation. Genetic variation is produced as a by-product of recombinational repair, but it may not be the function of sexual reproduction.

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