Polynucleotide evolution and branching processes

DOI10.1007/BF02460034zbMath0576.92020OpenAlexW4239262064WikidataQ49257887 ScholiaQ49257887MaRDI QIDQ1064989

Peter Schuster, Karl Sigmund, Lloyd A. Demetrius

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02460034

zbMATH Keywords

extinctionmultitype branching processestotal population sizedeterministic chemical kineticserror threshold relationsgenome lengthinverse single digit error ratekinetic differential equationskinetics of polynucleotide replicationreplication error

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of branching processes (60J85) Chemical kinetics in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A30) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx)

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