Modelling evolution in a spatial continuum

Journal article

We survey a class of models for spatially structured populations which we have called spatial Λ-Fleming-Viot processes. They arise from a flexible framework for modelling in which the key innovation is that random genetic drift is driven by a Poisson point process of spatial 'events'. We demonstrate how this overcomes some of the obstructions to modelling populations which evolve in two-(and higher-) dimensional spatial continua, how its predictions match phenomena observed in data and how it fits with classical models. Finally we outline some directions for future research. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Authors: Barton, N; Etheridge, A; Veber, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
• Volume: 2013
• Issue: 1
• Pages: P01002-P01002
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2013/01/P01002
• EISSN: 1742-5468
• ISSN: 1742-5468
• Language: English
• Keywords: models for evolution (theory); population dynamics (theory); mutational and evolutionary processes (theory); sequence analysis (theory)