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An asexual population has therefore twice the growth rate of a sexual population (assuming a sexually reproducing population with an equal sex ratio and with males contributing nothing but gametes to the offspring).
While the level of sexuality can be increased in a facultatively sexual population, this is not so for an asexual population (Johnson & Brookfield op. cit).
While the level of sexuality can be increased in a facultatively sexual population, this is not so for an asexual population [ 9].
The sexual population then increases to its previous density.
a Oscillation of eight host genotypes in a sexual population of hosts.
Nonetheless, the parasites have prevented the clone from driving the sexual population to extinction.
In the absence of parasites, the clone rapidly eliminates the sexual population.
By my calculations, the clone would replace the sexual population in less than 50 generations (Fig. 1).
If infection is both common and virulent, the parasites might prevent the clone from replacing the sexual population (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 The outcome of competition between a genetically diverse sexual population and a single asexual genotype.
In 1994, there were several common clonal genotypes that were coexisting with the sexual population of snails.
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