Pruning the tree of life: k-Core percolation as selection mechanism

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-146

  Klimek, Peter ^a   Thurner, Stefan ^a,b   Hanel, Rudolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Critical phenomena; Evolution dynamics; Fitness landscapes; Mass extinctions

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOSSIL; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MASS EXTINCTION; MODEL VALIDATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE PRUNING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 56949094131     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.09.030     Document Type: Article

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