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Competition in a Fitness Landscape

Statistical Mechanics 2008-02-03 v4 adap-org Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Biological Physics q-bio

Abstract

We present an extension of Eigen's model for quasi-species including the competition among individuals, proposed as the simplest mechanism for the formation of new species in a smooth fitness landscape. We are able to obtain analytically the critical threshold for species formation. The comparison with numerical simulations is very good.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9702134,
  title  = {Competition in a Fitness Landscape},
  author = {Franco Bagnoli and Michele Bezzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9702134},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 pages amsmath + psfig + custom ECAL97 style (included) with 3 ps figures