Frequency-dependent selection, beneficial mutations, and the evolution of sex.

doi:10.1098/rspb.1993.0131

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Frequency-dependent selection, beneficial mutations, and the evolution of sex.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Nov 1993

Peck J R

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This paper presents a mathematical model of a population in which multiple alleles at a particular locus are maintained by frequency-dependent selection. The results suggest that, if the population reproduces sexually, the benefit conferred on the population by beneficial mutations at other loci...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Female
Male
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Reproduction
Reproduction, Asexual
Selection, Genetic

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