A hypothesis for the evolution of sex

Authors
Jan, N Stauffer, D Moseley, L
Citation
N. Jan et al., A hypothesis for the evolution of sex, THEOR BIOSC, 119(2), 2000, pp. 166-168
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
THEORY IN BIOSCIENCES
ISSN journal
14317613 → ACNP
Volume
119
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
166 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
1431-7613(200007)119:2<166:AHFTEO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Sex is one of the most creative of the major transitions in Evolution and i ts existence allows faster and wider mobility of species in the 'History of Life'. We postulate that sex evolved from prokaryotes in the tail of the f itness distribution curve for a given environment. Once sex was established we have the potential for the evolution of species and the rich flowering of organisms in a relatively short period of time.