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Science 20 September 1985:
Vol. 229. no. 4719, pp. 1277 - 1281
DOI: 10.1126/science.3898363
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Science, Vol 229, Issue 4719, 1277-1281
Copyright © 1985 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Genetic damage, mutation, and the evolution of sex

H Bernstein, HC Byerly, FA Hopf, and RE Michod

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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