A simple example of branching process is used to estimate the probability that a slightly advantageous mutation would become extinct in the population, a probability that, as expected, is proved to be one for a disadvantageous mutation but also for a neutral one. The model is aimed to first year students in Biology, to show the importance of mathematical methods in their field.
Is The Fittest Type always likely to Survive? / Sansone, Emilia. - In: APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1312-885X. - 8:(2014), pp. 6813-6817. [10.12988/ams]
Is The Fittest Type always likely to Survive?
SANSONE, EMILIA
2014
Abstract
A simple example of branching process is used to estimate the probability that a slightly advantageous mutation would become extinct in the population, a probability that, as expected, is proved to be one for a disadvantageous mutation but also for a neutral one. The model is aimed to first year students in Biology, to show the importance of mathematical methods in their field.File in questo prodotto:
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