Understanding evolutionary and ecological dynamics using a continuum limit
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Continuum limits in the form of stochastic differential equations are typically used in theoretical population genetics to account for genetic drift or more generally, inherent randomness of the model. In evolutionary game theory and theoretical ecology,
Peter Czuppon, Arne Traulsen
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The molecular clock of neutral evolution can be accelerated or slowed by asymmetric spatial structure. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2015 Over time, a population acquires neutral genetic substitutions as a consequence of random drift. A famous result in population genetics asserts that the rate, K, at which these substitutions accumulate in the population coincides with the mutation rate ...
Benjamin Allen +5 more
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Interplay between pleiotropy and secondary selection determines rise and fall of mutators in stress response. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2010 Mutators are clones whose mutation rate is about two to three orders of magnitude higher than the rate of wild-type clones and their roles in adaptive evolution of asexual populations have been controversial.
Muyoung Heo, Eugene I Shakhnovich
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Phenotypic heterogeneity in modeling cancer evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The unwelcome evolution of malignancy during cancer progression emerges through a selection process in a complex heterogeneous population structure. In the present work, we investigate evolutionary dynamics in a phenotypically heterogeneous population of
Ali Mahdipour-Shirayeh +3 more
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Mating system and speciation I: Accumulation of genetic incompatibilities in allopatry.
PLoS Genetics, 2022 Self-fertilisation is widespread among hermaphroditic species across the tree of life. Selfing has many consequences on the genetic diversity and the evolutionary dynamics of populations, which may in turn affect macroevolutionary processes such as ...
Lucas Marie-Orleach +2 more
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Genetic Structure of the Ca Rater Mallorquí Dog Breed Inferred by Microsatellite Markers
Animals, 2022 Ca Rater Mallorquí is a dog breed from the Island of Mallorca (Spain) traditionally used as a hunting and ratting dog to prevent disease spread and economic losses related to rodent activities on farms. However, the census data shows a population decline
Lourdes Sofía Aguilera García +8 more
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Linking Diversity and Differentiation
Diversity, 2010 Generally speaking, the term differentiation refers to differences between collections for the distribution of specified traits of their members, while diversity deals with (effective) numbers of trait states (types).
Hans-Rolf Gregorius
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A practical genome scan for population-specific strong selective sweeps that have reached fixation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 Phenotypic divergences between modern human populations have developed as a result of genetic adaptation to local environments over the past 100,000 years. To identify genes involved in population-specific phenotypes, it is necessary to detect signatures
Ryosuke Kimura +3 more
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Fixation dynamics of beneficial alleles in prokaryotic polyploid chromosomes and plasmids
bioRxiv, 2022 Theoretical population genetics has been mostly developed for sexually reproducing diploid and for monoploid (haploid) organisms, focusing on eukaryotes.
M. Santer +3 more
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Biology Direct, 2011 Understanding the evolutionary plasticity of the genome requires a global, comparative approach in which genetic events are considered both in a phylogenetic framework and with regard to population genetics and environmental variables.
Levasseur Anthony, Pontarotti Pierre
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