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Antibiotics cure asexuality

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, 0X1 3PS, UK

    Laurence D. Hurst & Paul H. Harvey

  2. Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College, SilwoodPark, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK

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Hurst, L., Godfray, H. & Harvey, P. Antibiotics cure asexuality. Nature 346, 510–511 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/346510a0

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