Migration versus mutation in the evolution of recombination under multilocus selection.

doi:10.1017/s0016672398003243

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Migration versus mutation in the evolution of recombination under multilocus selection.

Genetical research - 1 Jun 1998

Pylkov K V, Zhivotovsky L A, Feldman M W

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We use modifier theory to compare the evolution of recombination under mutation-selection and migration-selection balance models. Recombination between loosely linked loci subject to weak multilocus selection is controlled by the genotype at a selectively neutral modifier locus. We show that the...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Genetics, Population
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Recombination, Genetic

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