Impact of population size at a rate of morphological and molecular evolution – the use of an object-oriented model

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I have written a simple stochastic model of population with heredity, mutations, phenotypes and natural selection using object-oriented method of modelling – the simplest generalization of the Moran model. It is a Markov chain of sets containing different (due to genotype and phenotype) individuals. Evolution appears spontaneously during simulations of this model. The properties of the evolution are interesting and sometimes unexpected. I described in this paper the unexpected results regarding to the relationship between population size and rate of evolution. Dont write to me that "Specifically, while understanding the relationship between genotype and phenotype and how it evolves is important, there has already been extensive modeling work done in this area. Although the structure and implementation of this model might be unique, the fundamental ideas are not. We therefore think that this work is better suited for a more field-specific journal." because then I know that nobody read my article. I have specially shown that my model consist only the commonly known and accepted relationship between phenotype and genotype to show that then the rate of evolution in a larger population is faster. All the geneticists I know think it's the other way around. Evolution (acumulation of mutations) isn't a genetic drift. Due to molecular clock this issue is important. Miloslawa Sokol

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