Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics

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    A useful review for those interested in serious evolutionary models, at:
            http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0101409

    Regards.

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    abstract cond-mat/0101409

    Condensed Matter, abstract
    cond-mat/0101409 

    From: Barbara Drossel <barbara@gina.tau.ac.il>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:24:44 GMT   (125kb)

    Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics

    Authors: Barbara Drossel
    Comments: Review article accepted for publication in Advances in Physics. 106 pages
    Subj-class: Statistical Mechanics; Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

    This review is an introduction to theoretical models and mathematical calculations for biological evolution, aimed at physicists. The methods in the field are naturally very similar to those used in statistical physics, although the majority of publications appeared in biology journals. The review has three parts, which can be read independently. The first part deals with evolution in fitness landscapes and includes Fisher's theorem, adaptive walks, quasispecies models, effects of finite population sizes, and neutral evolution. The second part studies models of coevolution, including evolutionary game theory, kin selection, group selection, sexual selection, speciation, and coevolution of hosts and parasites. The third part discusses models for networks of interacting species and their extinction avalanches. Throughout the review, attention is paid to giving the necessary biological information, and to pointing out the assumptions underlying the models, and their limits of validity.

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    Links to: arXiv, cond-mat, /find, /abs (-/+), /0101, ?

    Note: nearest e-print mirror site for naween.mmu.ac.uk is http://uk.arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0101409



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