Re: fitness function

Stephen Jones (sjones@iinet.com.au)
Thu, 27 Jul 95 06:55:31 EDT

Glenn

On Mon 24 Jul 1995 11:09 CT you wrote:

GM>As the form becomes "fit" to the selection criteria, it
>gets increasingly difficult to find a "more fit" form. By the 10,000th
>mutation in the selection program, nearly all mutations are deleterious.

This is so common-sense there is surely no need to prove it on a
computer?
Of course an already fit form is more likely to be harmed by a
mutation,
since all the good mutations have happened already.

You asked me for evidence that there was a limit to biological change.
Haven't you answered your own question?

God bless.

Stephen
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