Skip to main content
Figure 2 | Biology Direct

Figure 2

From: The advantages and disadvantages of horizontal gene transfer and the emergence of the first species

Figure 2

Mean values of properties of the population as a function of h for the case of high gene deletion rate, v = 0.01. n ¯ , number of genes per individual; n t y p e s ¯ , number of different types of gene per individual; n p a n ¯ , number of different types of gene in the whole population; p useful , probability that a horizontally transferred gene is useful to the receiving organism.

Back to article page