The fastest evolutionary trajectory

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 617-623

  Traulsen, Arne ^a,b   Iwasa, Yoh ^c   Nowak, Martin A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolutionary dynamics; Finite populations

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; LANDSCAPE; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35748951638     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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