Re: Hamilton's rule

From: an588@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Catherine Woodgold)
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:12:06 -0400 (EDT)

Tim Tyler (tim@xxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
> I don't think there's any terribly good reason why he should have
> discussed the gene size issue - since any old gene size will do -
> provided you don't go down the the unusually small or the unreasonably
> large.

I see the problem with large genes: crossover. But I
don't see any problem with applying HR (or a modified,
improved HR) to very small genes, e.g. a single base pair.
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Cathy Woodgold
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