Mutation in evolutionary games can increase average fitness at equilibrium

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 237, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-362

  Willensdorfer, Martin ^a,b   Nowak, Martin A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary game theory; Frequency dependent selection; Replicator dynamics

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GAME THEORY; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ERROR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION;

EID: 27744508650     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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