--- _id: '3131' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'In large populations, many beneficial mutations may be simultaneously available and may compete with one another, slowing adaptation. By finding the probability of fixation of a favorable allele in a simple model of a haploid sexual population, we find limits to the rate of adaptive substitution, Λ, that depend on simple parameter combinations. When variance in fitness is low and linkage is loose, the baseline rate of substitution is Λ 0=2NU〈s〉 is the population size, U is the rate of beneficial mutations per genome, and 〈s〉 is their mean selective advantage. Heritable variance ν in log fitness due to unlinked loci reduces Λ by e -4ν under polygamy and e -8ν under monogamy. With a linear genetic map of length R Morgans, interference is yet stronger. We use a scaling argument to show that the density of adaptive substitutions depends on s, N, U, and R only through the baseline density: Λ/R=F(Λ 0/R). Under the approximation that the interference due to different sweeps adds up, we show that Λ/R~(Λ 0/R)/(1+2Λ 0/R), implying that interference prevents the rate of adaptive substitution from exceeding one per centimorgan per 200 generations. Simulations and numerical calculations confirm the scaling argument and confirm the additive approximation for Λ 0/R 1; for higher Λ 0/R, the rate of adaptation grows above R/2, but only very slowly. We also consider the effect of sweeps on neutral diversity and show that, while even occasional sweeps can greatly reduce neutral diversity, this effect saturates as sweeps become more common-diversity can be maintained even in populations experiencing very strong interference. Our results indicate that for some organisms the rate of adaptive substitution may be primarily recombination-limited, depending only weakly on the mutation supply and the strength of selection.' acknowledgement: "The work was funded by ERC grant 250152.\r\nWe thank B. Charlesworth, O. Hallatschek, W. G. Hill, R. A. Neher, S. P. Otto, and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions." article_number: e1002740 author: - first_name: Daniel full_name: Weissman, Daniel id: 2D0CE020-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Weissman - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 citation: ama: Weissman D, Barton NH. Limits to the rate of adaptive substitution in sexual populations. PLoS Genetics. 2012;8(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002740 apa: Weissman, D., & Barton, N. H. (2012). Limits to the rate of adaptive substitution in sexual populations. PLoS Genetics. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002740 chicago: Weissman, Daniel, and Nicholas H Barton. “Limits to the Rate of Adaptive Substitution in Sexual Populations.” PLoS Genetics. Public Library of Science, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002740. ieee: D. Weissman and N. H. Barton, “Limits to the rate of adaptive substitution in sexual populations,” PLoS Genetics, vol. 8, no. 6. Public Library of Science, 2012. ista: Weissman D, Barton NH. 2012. Limits to the rate of adaptive substitution in sexual populations. PLoS Genetics. 8(6), e1002740. mla: Weissman, Daniel, and Nicholas H. Barton. “Limits to the Rate of Adaptive Substitution in Sexual Populations.” PLoS Genetics, vol. 8, no. 6, e1002740, Public Library of Science, 2012, doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002740. short: D. Weissman, N.H. Barton, PLoS Genetics 8 (2012). date_created: 2018-12-11T12:01:34Z date_published: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:41:17Z day: '07' ddc: - '570' - '576' department: - _id: NiBa doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002740 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 729a4becda7d786c4c3db8f9a1f77953 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:08:00Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:46:01Z file_id: '4659' file_name: IST-2013-114-v1+1_WeissmanBarton2012.pdf file_size: 1284801 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:46:01Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 8' issue: '6' language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 25B07788-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '250152' name: Limits to selection in biology and in evolutionary computation publication: PLoS Genetics publication_status: published publisher: Public Library of Science publist_id: '3566' pubrep_id: '114' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Limits to the rate of adaptive substitution in sexual populations tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 8 year: '2012' ...