Analytical results on the Muller's ratchet effect in growing populations

Details Analytical results on the Muller's ratchet effect in growing populations Analytical results on the Muller's ratchet effect in growing populations

2009-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/0902.4203v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

accepted in Physical Review E

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.79.032903

Fontanari et al introduced [Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 218101 (2003)] a model for studying the Muller's ratchet phenomenon in growing asexual populations. They studied two situations, either including or not a death probability for each newborn, but were able to find analytical (recursive) expressions only in the no-decay case. In this paper a branching process formalism is used to find recorrence equations that generalize the analytical results of the original paper besides confirming the interesting effects their simulations revealed.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Analytical results on the Muller's ratchet effect in growing populations does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Analytical results on the Muller's ratchet effect in growing populations, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Analytical results on the Muller's ratchet effect in growing populations will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-173012