Invasive Allele Spread under Preemptive Competition
Statistical Mechanics
2015-06-25 v1 Populations and Evolution
Abstract
We study a discrete spatial model for invasive allele spread in which two alleles compete preemptively, initially only the "residents" (weaker competitors) being present. We find that the spread of the advantageous mutation is well described by homogeneous nucleation; in particular, in large systems the time-dependent global density of the resident allele is well approximated by Avrami's law.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0505523,
title = {Invasive Allele Spread under Preemptive Competition},
author = {J. A. Yasi and G. Korniss and T. Caraco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0505523},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVIII, edited by D.P. Landau, S.P. Lewis, and H.-B. Schuttler, (Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin, in press)