Radical mutations persist longer in the absence of sex
J. Sharbrough, M. Luse, J. L. Boore, J. M. Logsdon, M. Neiman
The paper compares mutation removal rates between sexual and asexual lineages of Potamopyrgus antipodarum, finding that radical mutations are cleared faster in sexual lineages.
bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2016Evolutionary Biology