Simple Bit-String Model for Lineage Branching

Details Simple Bit-String Model for Lineage Branching Simple Bit-String Model for Lineage Branching

2003-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308617v2

Phys. Rev E (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

16 pages biophysics, including 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051910

We introduce a population dynamics model, where individual genomes are represented by bit-strings. Selection is described by death probabilities which depend on these genomes, and new individuals continuously replace the ones that die, keeping the population constant. An offspring has the same genome as its (randomly chosen) parent, except for a small amount of (also random) mutations. Chance may thus generate a newborn with a genome that is better than that of its parent, and the newborn will have a smaller death probability. When this happens, this individual is a would-be founder of a new lineage. A new lineage is considered created if its alive descendence grows above a certain previously defined threshold. The time evolution of populations evolving under these rules is followed by computer simulations and the probability densities of lineage duration and size, among others, are computed. These densities show a scale-free behaviour, in accordance with some conjectures in paleoevolution, and suggesting a simple mechanism as explanation for the ubiquity of these power-laws.

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