Random walk in genome space : A key ingredient of intermittent dynamics of community assembly on evolutionary time scales

Details Random walk in genome space : A key ingredient of intermittent dynamics of community assembly on evolutionary time scales Random walk in genome space : A key ingredient of intermittent dynamics of community assembly on evolutionary time scales

2010-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/1001.4226v2

J. Theor. Biol. 264, 663-672 (2010)

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.043

Community assembly is studied using individual-based multispecies models. The models have stochastic population dynamics with mutation, migration, and extinction of species. Mutants appear as a result of mutation of the resident species, while migrants have no correlation with the resident species. It is found that the dynamics of community assembly with mutations are quite different from the case with migrations. In contrast to mutation models, which show intermittent dynamics of quasi-steady states interrupted by sudden reorganizations of the community, migration models show smooth and gradual renewal of the community. As a consequence, instead of the $1/f$ diversity fluctuations found for the mutation models, $1/f^2$, random-walk like fluctuations are observed for the migration models. In addition, a characteristic species-lifetime distribution is found: a power law that is cut off by a "skewed" distribution in the long-lifetime regime. The latter has a longer tail than a simple exponential function, which indicates an age-dependent species-mortality function. Since this characteristic profile has been observed, both in fossil data and in several other mathematical models, we conclude that it is a universal feature of macroevolution.

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