Natural selection is not perfectly efficient: it does not cause the instantaneous substitution of a beneficial mutation. Instead, substitution takes time, reflecting the statistical consequences of fitness differences over some… Click to show full abstract
Natural selection is not perfectly efficient: it does not cause the instantaneous substitution of a beneficial mutation. Instead, substitution takes time, reflecting the statistical consequences of fitness differences over some number of generations. In this note, I suggest two measures of the efficiency of natural selection during gene substitution. I compare these measures against both ideal (instantaneous) and failed evolution. I also compare these measures to Haldane's cost of natural selection.
Journal Title: Journal of theoretical biology
Year Published: 2019
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