Testing a hypothesis for the evolution of sex

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

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C, cilt.11, sa.5, ss.973-986, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1142/s0129183100000821
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.973-986
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.