Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Conflict and cooperation in eukaryogenesis: implications for the timing of endosymbiosis and the evolution of sex
Arunas L Radzvilavicius, Neil W Blackstone
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.
DOI 10.1098/rsif.2015.0584