Simulation of Karyotype Evolution and Biodiversity in Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
Andrew Y. Ying, Christine J. Ye, Hui Jiang, Steven D. Horne, Batoul Y. Abdallah, Guo Liu, Hao Ying, Henry H.Q. Heng
This study simulates how sexual and asexual reproduction affect genome-level diversity and biodiversity, finding that asexual populations show higher genome-level diversity while sexual populations show lower diversity.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology