A microscopic model of evolution of recombination

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 347, Issue , 2005, Pages 489-533

  Bagnoli, Franco ^a,b   Guardiani, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Evolution of sex; Population dynamics; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; CLONING; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

EVOLUTION OF SEX; GYMNOSPERMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOMBINATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 10644236070     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.08.067     Document Type: Article

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