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Eigen's Error Threshold and Mutational Meltdown in a Quasispecies Model

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: We introduce a toy model for interacting populations connected by mutations and limited by a shared resource. We study the presence of Eigen's error threshold and mutational meltdown. The phase diagram of the system shows that the extinction of the whole population due to mutational meltdown can occur well before an eventual error threshold transition.

Source: International Journal of Modern Physics C

DOI: 10.1142/s0129183198000935

Authors: F. Bagnoli, M. Bezzi

Institutions: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze, University of Florence, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, University of Bologna

Language: English

Topic: Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2001162686

FWCI: 0.758

Cites: 14

Cited by: 15

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