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Testing A Hypothesis For The Evolution Of Sex

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  • BORA ÖRÇAL

    (Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak 80626, Istanbul, Turkey)

  • ERKAN TÜZEL

    (Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak 80626, Istanbul, Turkey;
    Department of Physics, Işık University, Maslak 80670, Istanbul, Turkey)

  • VOLKAN SEVİM

    (Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak 80626, Istanbul, Turkey)

  • NAEEM JAN

    (Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada)

  • AYŞE ERZAN

    (Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak 80626, Istanbul, Turkey;
    Gürsey Institute, P. O. Box 6, Çengelköy 81220, Istanbul, Turkey)

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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  • Bora Örçal & Erkan Tüzel & Volkan Sevi̇m & Naeem Jan & Ayşe Erzan, 2000. "Testing A Hypothesis For The Evolution Of Sex," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(05), pages 973-986.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:11:y:2000:i:05:n:s0129183100000821
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183100000821
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