Simulated selection reaches near-equilibrium within 300,000 generations.

Evidence

The parameters D and L were assumed to have reached steady state or equilibrium when their values changed by less than 0.00001 (changes in the sixth decimal place) per 1000 generations. Of course, these values are not true equilibria because selection varies randomly; however, the induced changes in gene frequency were very small. In every case tested, this occurred well within 300,000 generations, so we routinely ran al simulations to 300,000 generations to assure that equilibrium was reached. — Joe Henrich and Robert Boyd, The Evolution of Conformist…, 68

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Equilibrium was reached within 300,000 simulated generations in every run; Oscillating directional selection can produce net evolutionary stasis

Broader Connections

• Equilibrium was reached within 300,000 simulated generations in every run #corroborates (0.95)
• Oscillating directional selection can produce net evolutionary stasis #qualifies (0.72)