Arunas L Radzvilavicius

This paper develops an evolutionary model showing that selection for mitochondrial quality drives the evolution of sexes with a dedicated germline.

This paper develops a mathematical model showing mitochondrial mixing could drive the evolution of sexual cell fusion by masking mitochondrial mutations, despite reduced population fitness.

The paper develops a mathematical model to explain the evolution of two mating types through mitochondrial quality control via uniparental inheritance and purifying selection.

This paper models the evolutionary dynamics of eukaryogenesis, arguing that sex emerged late as a mechanism to facilitate nuclear growth and stabilize the eukaryotic cell.