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Pattern and Waves for a Model in Population Dynamics with Nonlocal Consumption of Resources

S. Genieys, V. Volpert, P. Auger (2010)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

We study a reaction-diffusion equation with an integral term describing nonlocal consumption of resources in population dynamics. We show that a homogeneous equilibrium can lose its stability resulting in appearance of stationary spatial structures. They can be related to the emergence of biological species due to the intra-specific competition and random mutations. Various types of travelling waves are observed.

Population genetics models for the statistics of DNA samples under different demographic scenarios - Maximum likelihood versus approximate methods

Andrzej Polański, Marek Kimmel (2003)

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

The paper reviews the basic mathematical methodology of modeling neutral genetic evolution, including the statistics of the Fisher-Wright process, models of mutation and the coalescence method under various demographic scenarios. The basic approach is the use of maximum likelihood techniques. However, due to computational problems, intuitive or approximate methods are also of great importance.

Populational adaptive evolution, chemotherapeutic resistance and multiple anti-cancer therapies

Alexander Lorz, Tommaso Lorenzi, Michael E. Hochberg, Jean Clairambault, Benoît Perthame (2013)

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique

Resistance to chemotherapies, particularly to anticancer treatments, is an increasing medical concern. Among the many mechanisms at work in cancers, one of the most important is the selection of tumor cells expressing resistance genes or phenotypes. Motivated by the theory of mutation-selection in adaptive evolution, we propose a model based on a continuous variable that represents the expression level of a resistance gene (or genes, yielding a phenotype) influencing in healthy and tumor cells birth/death...

Problems with classical models of sex-ratio evolution

Krzysztof Argasiński (2008)

Banach Center Publications

The classical theory of the sex-ratio evolution, known as the sex-ratio game, is based on the maximization of the number of grandchildren, treated as a fitness measure of a female producing offspring of the sex ratio that is coded in her genes. The theory predicts that it is more profitable to produce offspring with less numerous sex. We can find in the literature mutually exclusive conclusions based on this prediction: some textbooks say that populations with the equal number of sons and daughters...

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