On the rate of genetic adaptation under natural selection,☆☆

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Abstract

For a one locus n-allele genetic model of natural selection two theoretical predictions are obtained: first, that the non-equilibrium average fitness value, W(t) is always between the equilibrium value, W∗, and W∗−H(po, p∗)t until finally W(t) = W∗ and, secondly, that the area bounded by W∗ and the curve W(t) is equal to H(p0,p∗), the entropy distance between initial (p0) and equilibrium (p∗) gene frequency distributions. The experimental observations corresponding to these predictions are discussed.

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This work was supported in part by NSF Grant MCS77 03255 and U.S. Public Health Service Biomedical Research Grant 5 S)7 RR 07067-12.

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This is a contribution No. 290 from the Program in Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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