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The nature of the mutation process matters

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  • T. DEMUYNCK

  • A. SCHOLLAERT

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The incorporation of small mutation rates has significantly improved the predictive capacity of evolutionary models. Bergin and Lipman [1996], however, demonstrate that this improvement depends entirely on the nature of the mutation process. We provide a constructive corroboration of their result: we derive matching mutation rates for each desired set of stochastic stable states.

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  • T. Demuynck & A. Schollaert, 2006. "The nature of the mutation process matters," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 06/361, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
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