Evolutionary processes in finite populations
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We consider the evolution of large but finite populations on arbitrary fitness landscapes. We describe the evolutionary process by a Markov-Moran process.We show that toO(1/N), the time-averaged fitness is lower for the finite population than it is for the infinite population.We also showthat fluctuations in the number of individuals for a given genotype can be proportional to a power of the inverse of the mutation rate. Finally, we show that the probability for the system to take a given path through the fitness landscape can be nonmonotonic in system size.
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Lorenz, Dirk M., Park, Jeong-Man and Deem, Michael W.. "Evolutionary processes in finite populations." Physical Review E, 87, (2013) American Physical Society: 22704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.87.022704.