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PROCEDIA
2010
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13 years 5 months ago
Individual-based simulation of sexual selection: A quantitative genetic approach
Sexual selection has been mathematically modeled using quantitative genetics as well as population genetics. Two-locus simulation models have been used to study the evolution of m...
D. van Dijk, Peter M. A. Sloot, J. C. Tay, M. C. S...
COMPLEXITY
2004
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13 years 7 months ago
Sex promotes gamete selection: A quantitative comparative study of features favoring the evolution of sex
: Explaining the maintenance of sexual reproduction remains one of the greatest challenges in biology. The theoretical oddity of sex is based on at least three advantages that asex...
Klaus Jaffe
NCI
2003
107views Neural Networks» more  NCI 2003»
13 years 8 months ago
Sexual Selection with Competitive/Co-operative Operators for Genetic Algorithms
In a standard genetic algorithm (GA), individuals reproduce asexually: any two organisms may be parents in crossover. Gender separation and sexual selection here inspire a model o...
Jose Sánchez-Velazco, John A. Bullinaria
GECCO
2003
Springer
108views Optimization» more  GECCO 2003»
14 years 19 days ago
Sexual Selection of Co-operation
Advocates of sexual selection theory have argued that various male traits, such as male co-operative behavior towards females, can evolve through female preference for mating with ...
Muhammad Afzal Upal
ECAL
2005
Springer
14 years 29 days ago
On the Unit of Selection in Sexual Populations
Evolution by natural selection is a process of variation and selection acting on replicating units. These units are often assumed to be individuals, but in a sexual population, the...
Richard A. Watson