A stochastic version of the Eigen model

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-180

  Musso, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Error threshold; Mutation selection dynamics; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151481321     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-010-9525-4     Document Type: Article

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