Numerical and exact solutions for continuum of alleles models

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-240

  Waxman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuum of alleles; Exact solution; Mutation selection balance; Numerical solution; Stabilising selection

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALLELES; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROBABILITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0041423877     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-002-0178-2     Document Type: Article

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