Before Christmas, Kamil and me published two paper on bioRxiv:

Genomic features of asexual animals

Are there any general consequences of asexuality? We reviewed and reanalysed evidence in 24 asexual animal genomes available.

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Asexual reproduction drives the reduction of transposable element load

Sexual reproduction drives success of parasitic TEs. Abandon sex and you will be fine (if you are a yeast at least). Empirical data converges with theory and suggests that TE transposition rates evolve in asexuals because of tight linkage to a modifier.