Breaking the Wall That Limits Evolution: How Sexual Recombination Accelerates Adaptation
(Films Media Group, 2011), 14 mins, 14 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- In this lecture, evolutionary biologist Nick Barton examines the debate on the evolutionary advantage of sexual reproduction. Barton employs mathematical models to understand how natural selection acts on genes. He also discusses how recombination can be favored and considers its impact on the rate of adaptation.
- Field of Interest
- Science
- Copyright Message
- Copyright ©2011 by Films Media Group
- Duration
- 14 mins
- Format
- DVD
- Page Count
- 14
- Publisher
- Films Media Group
- Release Date
- 2011
- Subject
- Science, Science & Engineering
