The advantages of recombination

被引：15

作者：

Carvalho, AB ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Dept Genet, BR-21944970 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

来源：

NATURE GENETICS | 2003年 / 34卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1038/ng0603-128

中图分类号：

Q3 [遗传学];

学科分类号：

071007 ; 090102 ;

摘要：

Many organisms have sexual recombination, yet its advantages are not fully understood. A new study of the fruit fly Drosophila miranda shows that recombination is essential for removing deleterious mutations from the genome and for allowing beneficial mutations to be incorporated.

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页码：128 / 129

页数：3

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