News Headline
Study provides novel evolutionary insights into unisexual reproductive success
Source
Phys.org
Publication Date
2022-07-11
Unisexual reproduction lacks meiotic recombination, resulting in the accumulation of deleterious mutations and hindering the creation of genetic diversity. Thus, unisexual taxa are commonly considered an evolutionary dead end.
Content
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-evolutionary-insights-unisexual-reproductive-success.html