Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements describes an element of the Fisher-Muller hypothesis for adaptive advantage of sexual reproduction?
A) Sex builds up linkage disequilibrium.
B) Sex slows down adaptive evolution by disrupting coadapted gene complexes.
C) Sex facilitates the combination of favorable mutations that originated in different individuals into advantageous genotypes.
D) Sex accelerates adaptive evolution.
E) C and D
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