Loss of least-loaded class in asexual populations due to drift and epistasis

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2008-03-11

arxiv.org/abs/0803.1552v2

Genetics 179, 2125 (2008)

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

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We consider the dynamics of a non-recombining haploid population of finite size which accumulates deleterious mutations irreversibly. This ratchet like process occurs at a finite speed in the absence of epistasis, but it has been suggested that synergistic epistasis can halt the ratchet. Using a diffusion theory, we find explicit analytical expressions for the typical time between successive clicks of the ratchet for both non-epistatic and epistatic fitness functions. Our calculations show that the inter-click time is of a scaling form which in the absence of epistasis gives a speed that is determined by size of the least-loaded class and the selection coefficient. With synergistic interactions, the ratchet speed is found to approach zero rapidly for arbitrary epistasis. Our analytical results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations.

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