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Population genetics

the proposal that sex speeds adaptation by bringing beneficial mutations from different lineages into one genome.

In population genetics, Fisher-Muller hypothesis refers to the proposal that sex speeds adaptation by bringing beneficial mutations from different lineages into one genome. This meaning comes from Felsenstein (1974) in Genetics.[1]

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References

Felsenstein, J. (1974). The Evolutionary Advantage of Recombination. Genetics, 78(2), 737-756. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/78.2.737

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