Chaos in the Y-chromosome evolution?
Chaotic Dynamics
2016-12-05 v1 Biological Physics
Populations and Evolution
Abstract
The Y-chromosome degeneration is still an intriguing mechanism and comprises the very origin of sex. We present a coupled version of the well known logistic map and the logistic equation describing the evolution of XY chromosomes. Although chaos was found in X, Y chromosomes do not evolve chaotically. A mathematical constraint is shown as the responsible for this behaviour. In addition, analytical solutions are presented for the differential equations herein.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1612.00463,
title = {Chaos in the Y-chromosome evolution?},
author = {Matheus P. Lobo and Edison T. Franco and Nilo M. Sotomayor and Felipe R. Costa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.00463},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
11 pages, 7 figures