Table 5. Competition between a recombining (#1) and non-recombining population (#2): effects of the initial frequency of #1 and the both populations as donors on the outcome of competition. 50 independent runs with each set of parameters.

Relative frequency of #1 Mono or Polymorphic	Donor Populations	#1 wins (TF±SE)	# 2 wins (TF±SE)
0.05: Mono	1 only	2 (472±24)	48 (123±7)
	1 and 2	15* (312±21)++	35 (122±9)
0.05 – Poly 10	1 only	0	50 (354±39)
	1 and 2	11* (232±30)++	39 (603±34)
0.50 – Mono	1 only	32 (333±20)	18 (457±86)
	1 and 2	49* (222±5)	1 (227±10)
0.50 – Poly 10	1 only	29 (205±7)++	21 (670±38)
	1 and 2	34 (184±100)++	16 (726±34)

Number of times each population Wins (the density of the competing population falls below 10⁵) or is Winning (is the dominant population at the 2000^th generation). TF is the mean number of generations before the density of the losing population falls below 10⁵ ±SE: standard error.

In all runs there was a 0.02 fitness cost for the #1 population – χ ₁ = 5×10⁻¹⁴, μ = 10⁻⁷, N_T = 2×10⁸, c = 0.5, e = 3. In all runs both populations were initially only the 2,2,2,2,2 genotype; Poly 10 - both populations were initiated with the same10 randomly selected clones.

*p<0.002 (χ ² contingency with Yates Correction).

++: significant with p<0.005 (t-student test comparing TF between Population 1 and Population 2 within treatment).