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Recombination can evolve in large finite populations given selection on sufficient loci.

Genetics - 1 Dec 2003

Iles Mark M, Walters Kevin, Cannings Chris

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It is well known that an allele causing increased recombination is expected to proliferate as a result of genetic drift in a finite population undergoing selection, without requiring other mechanisms. This is supported by recent simulations apparently demonstrating that, in small populations, drift is more important than epistasis in increasing recombination, with this effect disappearing in larger finite...

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PMID: 14704200
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/165.4.2249
PMCID: PMC1462904

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