2018/08/10 by Larry Bull, Bull, Larry
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities #Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE) #Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1808.03471
openalex publication_date 2018/08/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It has recently been suggested that the fundamental haploid-diploid cycle of eukaryotic sex exploits a rudimentary form of the Baldwin effect. Thereafter the other associated phenomena can be explained as evolution tuning the amount and frequency of learning experienced by an organism. Using the well-known NK model of fitness landscapes it is here shown that the emergence of sex determination systems can also be explained under this view of eukaryotic evolution.