Three advantages of sexual reproduction that might offset this cost have been proposed. Genetic recombination and cross fertilization permit sexually reproducing species to (1) bring together, in the same individual, mutations arising in different individuals [3,4]; (2) generate genetic variability ...
In addition, from a molecular genetic point of view, sexual reproduction is never a mystery as it is just a process to merge two individual genomes, by which diverse genetic information of the species are dispersed into its individuals. On the other hand, from an ecological point of view, ...