Metastable evolutionary dynamics: crossing fitness barriers or escaping via neutral paths?

DOI10.1006/bulm.2000.0180zbMath1323.92146arXivadap-org/9907002WikidataQ33919953 ScholiaQ33919953MaRDI QIDQ886811

James P. Crutchfield, Erik Van Nimwegen

Publication date: 27 October 2015

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/adap-org/9907002

zbMATH Keywords

metastability; neutral networks; entropy barrier; evolving populations; fitness barrier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D15: Problems related to evolution

92D10: Genetics and epigenetics

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