Tim_Tyler comments on Evolving to Extinction - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 November 2007 07:18AM

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Comment author: Tim_Tyler 20 October 2008 11:03:41AM 0 points [-]

Re: the battle between two alternative alleles at the same location is a zero-sum game

Yes, but there's also duplication and transposition to consider, so - in general - genetic patterns do not face simple zero-sum games - even with what seem-like their alleles.