TY - CHAP
T1 - Modeling of Evolving RNA Replicators
AU - Aguirre, Jacobo
AU - Stich, Michael
PY - 2016/7/21
Y1 - 2016/7/21
N2 - Populations of RNA replicators are a conceptually simple model to study evolutionary processes. Their prime applications comprise molecular evolution such as observed in viral populations, SELEX experiments, or the study of the origin and early evolution of life. Nevertheless, due to their simplicity compared to living organisms, they represent a paradigmatic model for Darwinian evolution as such. In this chapter, we review some properties of RNA populations in evolution, and focus on the structure of the underlying neutral networks, intimately related to the sequence-structure map for RNA molecules.
AB - Populations of RNA replicators are a conceptually simple model to study evolutionary processes. Their prime applications comprise molecular evolution such as observed in viral populations, SELEX experiments, or the study of the origin and early evolution of life. Nevertheless, due to their simplicity compared to living organisms, they represent a paradigmatic model for Darwinian evolution as such. In this chapter, we review some properties of RNA populations in evolution, and focus on the structure of the underlying neutral networks, intimately related to the sequence-structure map for RNA molecules.
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-33054-9_1
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-33054-9_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-33054-9_1
M3 - Other chapter contribution
SN - 978-3-319-33053-2
VL - 7
T3 - Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems
SP - 1
EP - 18
BT - Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems
A2 - Carballido-Landeira, Jorge
A2 - Escribano, Bruno
ER -