The effect of parasite infection on the recombination rate of the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

The effect of parasite infection on the recombination rate of the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

Sexual reproduction and meiotic recombination generate new genetic combinations and may thereby help an individual infected by a parasite to protect its offspring from being infected. While this idea is often used to understand the evolutionary forces underlying the maintenance of sex and recombinat...

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Main Authors: Giacomo Zilio, Lea Moesch, Nathalie Bovet, Anouk Sarr, Jacob C Koella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6177114?pdf=render

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