Stochastic models of evolution in genetics, ecology and linguistics
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
- Vol. 2007 (07) , P07018
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2007/07/p07018
Abstract
We give an overview of stochastic models of evolution that have found applications in genetics, ecology and linguistics for an audience of non-specialists, especially statistical physicists. In particular, we focus mostly on neutral models in which no intrinsic advantage is ascribed to a particular type of the variable unit, for example a gene, appearing in the theory. In many cases these models are exactly solvable and furthermore go some way to describing observed features of genetic, ecological and linguistic systems.Keywords
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