Apomixis imposes evolutionary costs by reducing recombination efficiency and disrupting segregation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 41, October 2026. SignificanceApomixis potentially leads to the accumulation of deleterious mutations, although facultative sexuality and pollen-based purging can mitigate this process in some plant apomicts. But what happens when a species reduces its sexual reproduction? ...
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