Bacterial Evolution and Bak-Sneppen Model

Recently, Lenski et al [Elena,Lenski,Travisano] have carried out several experiments on bacterial evolution. Their findings support the theory of punctuated equilibrium in biological evolution. They have further quantified the relative contributions of adaptation, chance and history to bacterial evo...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2002-06
Main Authors: Bose, Indrani, Chaudhuri, Indranath
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria
Biological evolution
Evolution
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Summary:Recently, Lenski et al [Elena,Lenski,Travisano] have carried out several experiments on bacterial evolution. Their findings support the theory of punctuated equilibrium in biological evolution. They have further quantified the relative contributions of adaptation, chance and history to bacterial evolution. In this paper, we show that a modified \(M\)-trait Bak-Sneppen model can explain many of the experimental results in a qualitative manner.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0206443