What are the challenges in understanding the evolution of sex?

Engineering "Species-like" Barriers to Sexual Reproduction to Prevent Gene Flow in Plants. Smanski, Michael J (PI); Voytas, Daniel F (CoI). Synthetic Biology ... What drives the maintenance of sexual reproduction in Eukaryota is a key question in evolutionary biology. Modelling and empirical studies investigating ... Premise of research. If sexual reproduction is necessary for maintaining genotypic diversity, then plant populations lacking sex might be expected to ... In Lepidium virginicum L., exposure of pollen to 0.6 ppm sulfur dioxide (SO/sub 2/) for 4 h reduced pollen germination in vitro 94% from the control, ... Oct 19, 2023 ... Sexual reproduction occurs in a variety of ways in animals. In some species, such as fish, the male releases sperm over the eggs after the ... Aug 7, 2018 ... sexual reproduction of ramets. The highest quantity of gen- erative ramets, i.e. those which proliferate through sexual reproduction, is ... Asexual and sexual reproductionSexual reproduction. Bacteria and plants can reproduce asexually to produce genetically identical individuals. Sexual ... Bdelloid rotifers, common freshwater invertebrates of ancient origin and worldwide distribution have long been thought to be entirely asexual. Sep 25, 2021 ... This study describes the influence of decreasing pH on sexual reproduction of the temperate non-zooxanthellate colonial scleractinian Astroides calycularis. Feb 15, 2024 ... They found a pattern known as Muller's Ratchet, where asexual reproduction causes deleterious mutations to accumulate, especially in genes ...