Deleterious mutations as an evolutionary factor. III. Mating preference and some general remarks.
This paper is concerned with the evolution of female mating choice under truncation selection against deleterious mutations. It is shown that with genome degradation rates necessary to maintain crossing-over, the advantage of choice is of the order of several per cent, which is in good accord with some experimental data. Some other consequences of intensive selection against mutations are also discussed.
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Research Computer Center of the Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, U.S.S.R.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal