Directionality theory: A computational study of an entropic principle in evolutionary processes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1564, 2005, Pages 741-749

  Kowald, Axel ^a   Demetrius, Lloyd ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Entropy; Evolution; Fitness

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 20344380704     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3012     Document Type: Article

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