Stronger selection can slow down evolution driven by recombination on a smooth fitness landscape
Stronger selection can slow down evolution driven by recombination on a smooth fitness landscape
Stronger selection implies faster evolution---that is, the greater the force, the faster the change. This apparently self-evident proposition, however, is derived under the assumption that genetic variation within a population is primarily supplied by mutation (i.e.\ mutation-driven evolution). Here, we show that this proposition does not actually hold for recombination-driven …