
Recombination is introduced into Eigen's theory of quasispecies evolution. Comparing numerical simulations of the rate equations in the non-recombining and recombining cases show that recombination has a strong effect on the error threshold and, for a wide range of mutation rates, gives rise to two stable fixed points in the dynamics. This bi-stability results in the existence of two error thresholds. We prove that, under some assumptions on the fitness landscape but for general crossover probability, a fixed point localized about the sequence with superior fitness is globally stable for low mutation rates.
Recombination, Genetic, Genomics (q-bio.GN), Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE), Recombination, Quasispecies, Problems related to evolution, FOS: Biological sciences, Crossover, Quantitative Biology - Genomics, Crossing Over, Genetic, Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
Recombination, Genetic, Genomics (q-bio.GN), Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE), Recombination, Quasispecies, Problems related to evolution, FOS: Biological sciences, Crossover, Quantitative Biology - Genomics, Crossing Over, Genetic, Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
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