Is planetary chaos related to evolutionary (phenotypic) rates?
Populations and Evolution
2008-09-30 v1
Abstract
After Laskar, the Lyapunov time in the solar system is about five millions years (5.000.000 [years]). On the other hand, after Kimura, the evolutionary (phenotypic) rate, for hominids, is 1/5.000.000 [1/years]. Why are these two quantities so closely related? In this work, following a proposition by Finlayson and Hutchings et al, I found an inequality, which relates Lyapunov time and evolution rate. This inequality fits well with some known cases in biological evolution.
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@article{arxiv.0809.4722,
title = {Is planetary chaos related to evolutionary (phenotypic) rates?},
author = {J. C. Flores},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4722},
year = {2008}
}
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