klefon·vor 5 Jahren·discussOn the contrary, there is alot of literature on this fascinating subject, many books and papers, TL;DR - as a first approximation:(1) In asexual reproduction, each successful offspring generates about 1 bit of useful information ("entropy")(2) In sexual reproduction, each generation of offspring from population n can generate on the order of log(n) bits of informationRef: Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms by David J. C. MacKay
(1) In asexual reproduction, each successful offspring generates about 1 bit of useful information ("entropy")
(2) In sexual reproduction, each generation of offspring from population n can generate on the order of log(n) bits of information
Ref: Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms by David J. C. MacKay