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Exact phase diagram of a quasispecies model with a mutation rate modifier.
Physical review letters - 23 Jan 2009
Nagar Apoorva, Jain Kavita
Abstract excerpt
We consider an infinite asexual population with a mutator allele which can elevate mutation rates. With probability f, a transition from nonmutator to mutator state occurs but the reverse transition is forbidden. We find that at f=0, the population is in the state with minimum mutation rate, and...
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