Natural selection and mating constraints with genetic algorithms

  • Authors:
  • D. Vrajitoru

  • Affiliations:
  • Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Modelling and Simulation
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this paper, we are modelling a situation in an evolutionary population where a genetically inherited feature is part of a distribution of probabilities that gives it low expectations to be present in the next generation, for example, recessive features. In many such cases observed in nature, such features seem to persist longer than predicted by the probabilistic odds. In our experiment, we intend to demonstrate how the fitness-proportionate selection can have an influence on the persistence of such features. In this simulation we focus on gender differentiation and mating constraints, and we examine their evolution in a mixed population where they are genetically inherited.