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M. J. Melissa

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M. M. Desai· 2 shared B. H. Good· 1 shared D. S. Fisher· 1 shared

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A dynamical limit to evolutionary adaptation

M. J. Melissa, M. M. Desai

The paper analyzes conditions under which evolutionary adaptation leads to higher or lower fitness, identifying a boundary state where adaptation is balanced by Muller's ratchet and fitness remains stable.

bioRxiv · Jul 31, 2023Evolutionary Biology

Population genetics of polymorphism and divergence in rapidly evolving populations

M. J. Melissa, B. H. Good, D. S. Fisher, M. M. Desai

This paper extends the traveling wave framework to intermediate regimes of mutation fitness effects, deriving new expressions for fixation probabilities and site frequency spectra.

bioRxiv · Jun 28, 2021Evolutionary Biology