Neutral Evolution as Diffusion in phenotype space: reproduction with mutation but without selection

dc.creatorLawson, Daniel John
dc.creatorJensen, Henrik Jeldtoft
dc.date2006-09-07
dc.date2007-03-02
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dc.descriptionThe process of `Evolutionary Diffusion', i.e. reproduction with local mutation but without selection in a biological population, resembles standard Diffusion in many ways. However, Evolutionary Diffusion allows the formation of local peaks with a characteristic width that undergo drift, even in the infinite population limit. We analytically calculate the mean peak width and the effective random walk step size, and obtain the distribution of the peak width which has a power law tail. We find that independent local mutations act as a diffusion of interacting particles with increased stepsize.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures. Paper now representative of published article
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0609009
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0609009
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 98, 098102 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.098102
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/124923
dc.subjectPopulations and Evolution
dc.titleNeutral Evolution as Diffusion in phenotype space: reproduction with mutation but without selection
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