The evolution of sex: A new hypothesis based on mitochondrial mutational erosion: Mitochondrial mutational erosion in ancestral eukaryotes would favor the evolution of sex, harnessing nuclear recombination to optimize compensatory nuclear coadaptation.

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Published in Bioessays on July 23, 2015

Authors

Justin C Havird1,2, Matthew D Hall3, Damian K Dowling3

Author Affiliations

1: Deptartment of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
2: Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
3: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

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