Testing a hypothesis for the evolution of sex

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Orcal B., Tuzel E., Sevim V., Jan N., Erzan A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C, vol.11, no.5, pp.973-986, 2000 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 11 Issue: 5
• Publication Date: 2000
• Doi Number: 10.1142/s0129183100000821
• Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.973-986
• Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

An asexual set of primitive bacteria is simulated with a lit-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.