The role of pleiotropy in the maintenance of sex in yeast

Sexual reproduction is widespread, yet no comprehensive explanation for its ubiquity exists, despite a multitude of theories for sex. In order to determine the plausibility of these theories, it would be useful to know how easily sexual function can be lost. We have estimated the total rate of mutat...

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Main Author: Hill, Jessica Anne
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/18039