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Mutation, specialization, and hypersensitivity in highly optimized tolerance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Feb 2002
Zhou Tong, Carlson J M, Doyle John
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We introduce a model of evolution in which competing organisms are represented by percolation lattice models. Fitness is based on the number of occupied sites remaining after removing a cluster connected to a randomly selected site. High-fitness individuals arising through mutation and selection must trade off density versus robustness to loss, and are characterized by cellular barrier patterns that prevent large...
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