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The joy of sex – courtesy of parasites

Why do we have sex? From an evolutionary perspective, the answer is not as obvious as we might think. And now, a fascinating new study inAmerican Naturalist suggests that sex may have evolved primarily as a defense against parasites. Sex is something of an evolutionary mystery to biologists, as reproducing without sex – as microbes, […]

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