Data from: Sexual selection can remove an experimentally induced mutation load

Sexual selection is argued to be important for the removal of deleterious mutations, promoting population fitness, accelerating adaptation, and compensating for the two-fold cost of sex. Here we induced mutations in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus using ionizing radiation, and tested the efficacy...

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Hauptverfasser:	Almbro, Maria Katarina, Simmons, Leigh William
Format:	Dataset
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	fitness variation Mutations Onthophagus taurus sexual selection sperm competition
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