We introduce a statistical model of a population with a sexual reproduction mechanism, evolving in a flat fitness landscape. We show that fluctuations in the genetic overlap between different individuals in the population vanish in the infinite-population limit, contrary to the case of asexual reproduction, which exhibited spin-glass-like behaviour.

A statistical model of an evolving population with sexual reproduction

SERVA, Maurizio;
1991-01-01

Abstract

We introduce a statistical model of a population with a sexual reproduction mechanism, evolving in a flat fitness landscape. We show that fluctuations in the genetic overlap between different individuals in the population vanish in the infinite-population limit, contrary to the case of asexual reproduction, which exhibited spin-glass-like behaviour.
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