Self similarity in a model of genetic microevolution

Damián E. Strier and Damián H. Zanette

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1998, vol. 257, issue 1, 530-535

Abstract: A mathematical model of genetic microevolution is presented. The model stands for a population of genotypes evolving in the genotypic space. Its dynamics is governed by a master evolution equation which takes into account both the presence of a fluctuating fitness landscape and genotypic variations of the offspring with respect to the parents. We found that, under rather general conditions, the population growth rate exhibits self-similarity. This result provides a clue to universal scaling features of evolution in the large-time scale, as observed from paleobiological evidence.

Keywords: Biological evolution; Fitness landscape; Self-similarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00188-5

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