EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE. “Mechanistic studies of meiosis have been carried out in different fields, such as cell biology, genetics and epigenetics, encompassing a wide range of eukaryotes. However, these studies rarely focus on the evolutionary significance of meiotic mechanisms, rather mentioning them in passing and often in a simplified manner.”
http://biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/04/28/050831.full.pdf