A robust cubic reaction-diffusion system for gene propagation

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1151-1163

  Bradshaw Hajek, B H ^a   Broadbridge, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Changing gene frequencies; Exact solutions; Fisher's equation; Gene propagation; Huxley's equation; Reaction diffusion equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543050736     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(04)90537-7     Document Type: Article

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