PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: The Net Effect of Sex on Adaptation

Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805
Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

About this position

Background Why is sexual reproduction nearly ubiquitous among eukaryotes? Investing into offspring that are only half yours is known as the 2-fold cost of sex. What stops an asexual mutant lineage from invading and taking over? One hypothesis is that sex allows more efficient purging of deleterious mutations from the genome. But not all genetic variation is selected in such a sexually concordant (SC) way. Sexually antagonistic (SA) genetic variation, where opposite alleles are fitter in males versus females, can drive populations toward extinction and/or maintain genetic variation for future a

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