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

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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.