Koinophilia stabilizes bi-gender sexual reproduction against asex in an unchanging environment.

doi:10.1006/jtbi.1994.1023

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Koinophilia stabilizes bi-gender sexual reproduction against asex in an unchanging environment.

Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Feb 1994

Koeslag P D, Koeslag J H

Abstract excerpt

Koinophilia, the tendency to choose mates with predominantly common phenotypic features, may be favourable because maladapted traits tend to have low frequencies. We used computer simulations to study competition between asexual and sexual reproduction, with and without koinophilia. The mutation...

Topics

Animals
Computer Simulation
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Parthenogenesis
Reproduction
Reproduction, Asexual
Sexual Behavior, Animal

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