Simple models of microbial dynamics and evolution (part 4): the quasispecies model
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
Simple models of microbial dynamics and evolution (part 4): the quasispecies model
- Event time: 11:30am
- Event date: 9th May 2012
- Speaker: Bartlomiej Waclaw (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
I will present the quasispecies model - a simple model of evolution of self-replicating entities (bacteria, viruses etc.). The major result of this model is the existence of so-called error threshold, which sets the upper limit on the mutation probability as a function of the genome size.
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