TESTING A HYPOTHESIS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SEX

Bora Örçal, Erkan Tüzel, Volkan Sevi̇m, Naeem Jan and Ayşe Erzan ()
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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;
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;

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2000, vol. 11, issue 05, 973-986

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.

Keywords: Evolution; Random Walks; Self-Organized Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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