Simple quasispecies models for the survival-of-the-flattest effect: The role of space

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 560-568

  Sardanyés, Josep ^a   Elena, Santiago F ^b   Solé, Ricard V ^a,c  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbing first order phase transitions; Critical phenomena; Quasispecies spatial dynamics; Robustness; Survival of the flattest; Virus evolution

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIROID; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RNA VIRUSES; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; RNA VIRUSES; VIROIDS;

EID: 38049060642     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.027     Document Type: Article

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