arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv周末暂无论文更新,休息一下吧,周末愉快~~
arXiv 1104.2854q-bio.PEnlin.AOnlin.PSq-bio.QM
收藏

统计物理学对进化生物学的贡献

The contribution of statistical physics to evolutionary biology

Harold P. de Vladar, Nick H. Barton

摘要:

进化生物学与统计物理学有许多共同的概念:两者都处理种群,无论是分子还是生物体,都试图在许多维度上简化进化。通常,方法学经历了平行和独立的发展,如群体遗传学中的随机方法。我们讨论了群体遗传学的各个方面,包括物理学方法:其中,非平衡统计力学,行波和蒙特卡洛方法已被用于研究多基因进化,适应率和范围扩展。这些应用表明,进化生物学可以进一步受益于与统计物理学的其他领域的相互作用,例如,通过跟踪种群在时间上所采取的路径分布。

英文摘要:

Evolutionary biology shares many concepts with statistical physics: both deal with populations, whether of molecules or organisms, and both seek to simplify evolution in very many dimensions. Often, methodologies have undergone parallel and independent development, as with stochastic methods in population genetics. We discuss aspects of population genetics that have embraced methods from physics: amongst others, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, travelling waves, and Monte-Carlo methods have been used to study polygenic evolution, rates of adaptation, and range expansions. These applications indicate that evolutionary biology can further benefit from interactions with other areas of statistical physics, for example, by following the distribution of paths taken by a population through time.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑