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@article{barton1998, abstract = {REVIEW Most higher organisms reproduce sexually, despite the automatic reproductive advantage experienced by asexual variants. This implies the operation of selective forces that confer an advantage to sexuality and genetic recombination, at either the population or individual level. The effect of sex and recombination in breaking down negative correlations between favorable variants at different genetic loci, which increases the efficiency of natural selection, is likely to be a major factor favoring their evolution and maintenance. Various processes that can cause such an effect have been studied theoretically. It has, however, so far proved hard to discriminate among them empirically.}, address = {Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. n.barton@ed.ac.uk charlesworth@ed.ac.uk.}, author = {Barton, N. H. and Charlesworth, B.}, citeulike-article-id = {470152}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9748151}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9748151}, day = {25}, issn = {0036-8075}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {a\_exam, evolution, sex}, month = {September}, number = {5385}, pages = {1986--1990}, posted-at = {2006-01-19 01:44:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Why sex and recombination?}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9748151}, volume = {281}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - barton1998 L3 - citeulike-article-id:470152 N2 - REVIEW Most higher organisms reproduce sexually, despite the automatic reproductive advantage experienced by asexual variants. This implies the operation of selective forces that confer an advantage to sexuality and genetic recombination, at either the population or individual level. The effect of sex and recombination in breaking down negative correlations between favorable variants at different genetic loci, which increases the efficiency of natural selection, is likely to be a major factor favoring their evolution and maintenance. Various processes that can cause such an effect have been studied theoretically. It has, however, so far proved hard to discriminate among them empirically. IS - 5385 JF - Science SN - 0036-8075 AD - Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. n.barton@ed.ac.uk charlesworth@ed.ac.uk. EP - 1990 TI - Why sex and recombination? VL - 281 SP - 1986 KW - a_exam KW - evolution KW - sex AU - Barton, NH AU - Charlesworth, B PY - 1998/09/25/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9748151 ER -