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Evolutionary genetics

the prediction that organisms with more independent traits adapt more slowly because random mutations are less likely to improve fitness.

In evolutionary genetics, cost of complexity refers to the prediction that organisms with more independent traits adapt more slowly because random mutations are less likely to improve fitness. This meaning comes from Orr (2000) in Evolution.[1]

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References

Orr, H. A. (2000). Adaptation and the Cost of Complexity. Evolution, 54(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00002.x

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