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An analysis of sex in random environments, I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

W. G. S. Hines  and
W. S. Moore
W. G. S. Hines*
Affiliation:
University of Guelph
W. S. Moore*
Affiliation:
Wayne State University
*
∗Postal address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada NIG 2W1. Research supported by NSERC Operating Grant A6187.
∗∗Postal address: Department of Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A model of the effects of random variations in environment upon reproductive fitness of sexual and asexual members of a population is analyzed, using individual selection arguments. Conditions are found under which sexuality does result in a net selective advantage, with the conditions per locus becoming markedly less severe as the number of loci considered increases.

Keywords

ASEXUAL ADVANTAGERANDOM ENVIRONMENTSCOST OF MEIOSISGEOMETRIC OVERDOMINANCESEXUALITY/ASEXUALITY
Type
Research Article
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 453 - 463
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1981 

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Footnotes

Research supported by NSF Operating Grant DEB 7715352.

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