Testing a hypothesis for the evolution of sex
Bora Orcal, Erkan Tuzel, Volkan Sevim, Naeem Jan, Ayse Erzan
Abstract
An asexual set of primitive bacteria is simulated with a bit-string Penna model with a Fermi function for survival. A recent hypothesis by Jan, Stauffer and Moseley on the evolution of sex from asexual cells as a strategy for trying to escape the effects of deleterious mutations is checked. This strategy is found to provide a successful scenario for the evolution of a stable macroscopic sexual population.
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