Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation
Shreyas V Pai, Parris T. Humphrey, Camille Simonet, Katya Kosheleva, Anurag Limdi, Michael M. Desai
This study shows that sex helps organisms maintain generalist phenotypes by reducing pleiotropic costs of local adaptation in fluctuating environments.
bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology