“THE BENEFITS of eukaryotic meiotic sex are mostly discussed under the headings good, bad, and ugly: good, it generates genetic diversity in which rapid new combinations bring together beneficial mutations; bad, it purges the slow accumulation of slightly harmful mutations, i.e., it counters Muller’s ratchet; ugly, it is necessary for the arms race with rapidly changing parasites, the well-known Red Queen hypothesis.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022