Meiosis decreases recombination load; Mitosis increases recombination load
Chiasmata are necessary for proper chromosomal segregation, but can result in inadvertent recombination. Bernstein and Michod demonstrated that meiosis evolved as a means of error correction, not genetic mixing. Therefore meiotic recombination is not the sine qua non of sex, but is instead an epiph...
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| Language: | English |
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Queen's University
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Ideas in Ecology and Evolution |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/IEE/article/view/6333 |