Article
Rate of fixation of beneficial mutations in sexual populations.
Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics - 1 Jun 2009
Gouveia Joseilme F, de Oliveira Viviane M, Sátiro Caio, Campos Paulo R A
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated the rate of substitution of advantageous mutations in populations of haploid organisms where the rate of recombination can be controlled. We have verified that in all the situations recombination speeds up adaptation through recombination of beneficial mutations from distinct lineages in a single individual, and so reducing the intensity of clonal interference. The advantage of sex for...
Topics
- Animals
- Computer Simulation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Reproductive Behavior
- Sexual Behavior