Selection-Like Biases Emerge in Population Models with Recurrent Jackpot Events.

Abstract excerpt

Evolutionary dynamics driven out of equilibrium by growth, expansion, or adaptation often generate a characteristically skewed distribution of descendant numbers: the earliest, the most advanced, or the fittest ancestors have exceptionally large number of descendants, which Luria and Delbrück called "jackpot" events. Here, I show that recurrent jackpot events generate a deterministic median bias favoring majority...

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• Evolution, Molecular
• Gene Frequency
• Genetics, Population
• Models, Genetic
• Mutation
• Selection, Genetic