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Establishment of facultative sexuals.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Jun 2007
Paley Chris J, Taraskin Sergei N, Elliott Stephen R
Abstract excerpt
The existence of sex is one of the major unsolved problems in biology. We use computer simulations to model conditions in which sex may first become established. We develop an individual-based population model and show that a hypothetical facultative sex gene can fix, provided that the initial cost is low. It is demonstrated that the equilibrium fitness in the population increases with increasing population size...
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