The Evolution of Gene Dominance through the Baldwin Effect
This provides a theoretical explanation for gene dominance in evolutionary biology, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing ideas about the Baldwin effect and NK models.
The paper tackled the problem of explaining the emergence of gene dominance in eukaryotic evolution by applying the Baldwin effect and the NK model of fitness landscapes, showing that dominance can be explained under this evolutionary view.
It has recently been suggested that the fundamental haploid-diploid cycle of eukaryotic sex exploits a rudimentary form of the Baldwin effect. Thereafter the other associated phenomena can be explained as evolution tuning the amount and frequency of learning experienced by an organism. Using the well-known NK model of fitness landscapes it is here shown that the emergence of dominance can also be explained under this view of eukaryotic evolution.