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Sexual conflict as fuel for evolution

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An experiment with fruitflies, in which females were not allowed to adapt genetically to male change, has unmasked the rapid evolutionary dynamics underlying an ostensibly static sexual system.

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    Tracey Chapman & Linda Partridge

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Chapman, T., Partridge, L. Sexual conflict as fuel for evolution. Nature 381, 189–190 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/381189a0

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