Mutation, selection, and ancestry in branching models: a variational approach

Details Mutation, selection, and ancestry in branching models: a variational approach Mutation, selection, and ancestry in branching models: a variational approach

2006-11-06

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0611018v1

J. Math. Biol. 54 (2007),257-303

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

45 pages,8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00285-006-0039-5

We consider the evolution of populations under the joint action of mutation and differential reproduction, or selection. The population is modelled as a finite-type Markov branching process in continuous time, and the associated genealogical tree is viewed both in the forward and the backward direction of time. The stationary type distribution of the reversed process, the so-called ancestral distribution, turns out as a key for the study of mutation-selection balance. This balance can be expressed in the form of a variational principle that quantifies the respective roles of reproduction and mutation for any possible type distribution. It shows that the mean growth rate of the population results from a competition for a maximal long-term growth rate, as given by the difference between the current mean reproduction rate, and an asymptotic decay rate related to the mutation process; this tradeoff is won by the ancestral distribution. Our main application is the quasispecies model of sequence evolution with mutation coupled to reproduction but independent across sites, and a fitness function that is invariant under permutation of sites. Here, the variational principle is worked out in detail and yields a simple, explicit result.

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