Does Sex Speed Up Evolutionary Rate and Increase Biodiversity?

• Carlos J. Melián ,

  * E-mail: carlos.melian@eawag.ch

  Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

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• David Alonso,

  Affiliation Community and Conservation Ecology Group, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Stefano Allesina,

  Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Richard S. Condit,

  Affiliation Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama

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• Rampal S. Etienne

  Affiliation Community and Conservation Ecology Group, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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