On the fate of sexual traits under asexuality
@article{Kooi2014OnTF, title={On the fate of sexual traits under asexuality}, author={C. J. van der Kooi and T. Schwander}, journal={Biological Reviews}, year={2014}, volume={89} }
Environmental shifts and life‐history changes may result in formerly adaptive traits becoming non‐functional or maladaptive. In the absence of pleiotropy and other constraints, such traits may decay as a consequence of neutral mutation accumulation or selective processes, highlighting the importance of natural selection for adaptations. A suite of traits are expected to lose their adaptive function in asexual organisms derived from sexual ancestors, and the many independent transitions to… Expand
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