Clonal interference

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Clonal interference is a phaenomenon in the population genetics of an asexually reproducing organism. It occurs when two (or more) beneficial mutations arise independently in different individuals in a genetically homogeneous population. In the absence of genetic recombination, the mutations cannot join to form an organism carrying both of them, but they compete against each other. This typically leads to the loss of one of them.[1]

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  1. ^ Marianne Imhof and Christian Schlötterer: Fitness effects of advantageous mutations in evolving Escherichia coli populations,Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 January 30; 98(3): 1113–1117
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