Why Do Hybrids Turn Down Sex?
F. Fyon, W. M. Berbel-Filho, I. Schlupp, G. Wild, F. Ubeda
The paper presents a mathematical model showing that asexuality can evolve from sexual hybrids through smaller reproductive alterations, even when incompatibilities only affect sperm-egg genome fusion.
bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2023Evolutionary Biology