Does Muller's Ratchet Apply to Both Apomictic and Automictic Asexual

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Essay

Does Muller's ratchet apply to both apomictic and automictic asexual populations?

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Definitions:

Optimal Strategy

The best course of action that maximizes benefits or minimizes costs under given circumstances, often used in decision-making and game theory.

Anticipate

To expect or predict something based on current trends or information.

Oligopoly

A market structure characterized by a small number of firms whose decisions about prices and output mutually influence one another.

Oligopolists

Oligopolists are firms within an oligopoly, a market structure characterized by a small number of firms dominating the market, often leading to limited competition.