학술논문

Quasispecies evolution on a fitness landscape with a fluctuating peak
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Subject
Physics - Biological Physics
Quantitative Biology
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Abstract
A quasispecies evolving on a fitness landscape with a single peak of fluctuating height is studied. In the approximation that back mutations can be ignored, the rate equations can be solved analytically. It is shown that the error threshold on this class of dynamic landscapes is defined by the time average of the selection pressure. In the case of a periodically fluctuating fitness peak we also study the phase-shift and response amplitude of the previously documented low-pass filter effect. The special case of a small harmonic fluctuation is treated analytically.
Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures