Why are sex and recombination so common?

Lilach Hadany; Josep M Comeron

doi:10.1196/annals.1438.011

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Why are sex and recombination so common?

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Why are sex and recombination so common?

Lilach Hadany and Josep M Comeron

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol.1133(1), pp.26-43

2008

DOI: 10.1196/annals.1438.011

PMID: 18559814

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Abstract

The abundance of sex and recombination is still one of the most puzzling questions in the theory of evolution: Most models find that recombination can evolve, but only under a limited range of parameters. Here we review the major models and supporting evidence, concentrating on recent approaches where more realistic assumptions help explain the evolution of sex and recombination under a wider parameter range: finite populations, selection over long genomes, variation in recombination across the genome, and plasticity of sex and recombination. We discuss the similarities and differences between the evolution of sex and that of recombination.

Mutation

Genetic Drift

Recombination, Genetic - physiology

Sex

Reproduction - genetics

Reproduction - physiology

Linkage Disequilibrium - physiology

Biological Evolution

Animals

Epistasis, Genetic

Population Density

Alleles

Chromosome Segregation - physiology

Environment

Chromosome Segregation - genetics

Details

Title: Subtitle: Why are sex and recombination so common?
Creators: Lilach Hadany - Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. lilach-hadany@uiowa.edu
Josep M Comeron
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol.1133(1), pp.26-43
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1438.011
PMID: 18559814
NLM abbreviation: Ann N Y Acad Sci
ISSN: 0077-8923
eISSN: 1749-6632
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 2008
Academic Unit: Biology
Record Identifier: 9983991961902771

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