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Solé R, Sardanyés J, Elena SF. Phase transitions in virology. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2021; 84:115901. [PMID: 34584031 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ac2ab0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Viruses have established relationships with almost every other living organism on Earth and at all levels of biological organization: from other viruses up to entire ecosystems. In most cases, they peacefully coexist with their hosts, but in most relevant cases, they parasitize them and induce diseases and pandemics, such as the AIDS and the most recent avian influenza and COVID-19 pandemic events, causing a huge impact on health, society, and economy. Viruses play an essential role in shaping the eco-evolutionary dynamics of their hosts, and have been also involved in some of the major evolutionary innovations either by working as vectors of genetic information or by being themselves coopted by the host into their genomes. Viruses can be studied at different levels of biological organization, from the molecular mechanisms of genome replication, gene expression and encapsidation, to global pandemics. All these levels are different and yet connected through the presence of threshold conditions allowing for the formation of a capsid, the loss of genetic information or epidemic spreading. These thresholds, as occurs with temperature separating phases in a liquid, define sharp qualitative types of behaviour. Thesephase transitionsare very well known in physics. They have been studied by means of simple, but powerful models able to capture their essential properties, allowing us to better understand them. Can the physics of phase transitions be an inspiration for our understanding of viral dynamics at different scales? Here we review well-known mathematical models of transition phenomena in virology. We suggest that the advantages of abstract, simplified pictures used in physics are also the key to properly understanding the origins and evolution of complexity in viruses. By means of several examples, we explore this multilevel landscape and how minimal models provide deep insights into a diverse array of problems. The relevance of these transitions in connecting dynamical patterns across scales and their evolutionary and clinical implications are outlined.
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- Ricard Solé
- ICREA-Complex Systems Lab, Universitat Pompeu Fabra-PRBB, Dr Aiguader 80, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta 37, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe NM 87501, United States of America
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- Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM), Edifici C, Campus de Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Dynamical Systems and Computational Virology, CSIC Associated Unit, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio)-CRM, Spain
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- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe NM 87501, United States of America
- Evolutionary Systems Virology Lab (I2SysBio), CSIC-Universitat de València, Catedrático Agustín Escardino 9, Paterna, 46980 València, Spain
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The evolution of ecosystem ascendency in a complex systems based model. J Theor Biol 2017; 428:18-25. [PMID: 28610834 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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General patterns in ecosystem development can shed light on driving forces behind ecosystem formation and recovery and have been of long interest. In recent years, the need for integrative and process oriented approaches to capture ecosystem growth, development and organisation, as well as the scope of information theory as a descriptive tool has been addressed from various sides. However data collection of ecological network flows is difficult and tedious and comprehensive models are lacking. We use a hierarchical version of the Tangled Nature Model of evolutionary ecology to study the relationship between structure, flow and organisation in model ecosystems, their development over evolutionary time scales and their relation to ecosystem stability. Our findings support the validity of ecosystem ascendency as a meaningful measure of ecosystem organisation, which increases over evolutionary time scales and significantly drops during periods of disturbance. The results suggest a general trend towards both higher integrity and increased stability driven by functional and structural ecosystem coadaptation.
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Schulman LS. Bacterial resistance to antibodies: a model evolutionary study. J Theor Biol 2017; 417:61-67. [PMID: 28104347 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The tangled nature model of evolution (reviewed in the main text) is adapted for use in the study of antibody resistance acquired by horizontal gene transfer. Exchanges of DNA and the acquisition of resistant gene sequences are considered. For the parameters used, resistant strains rapidly proliferate and dominate, although initial intense antibiotic treatment can occasionally prevent this. Variation in genome distribution appears to be long tailed. If this is reflected in nature, the occurrence of resistant bacterial strains can be expected, as well as considerable variation in patient outcomes.
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Punctuated equilibrium as an emergent process and its modified thermodynamic characterization. J Theor Biol 2017; 412:113-122. [PMID: 27984080 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We address evolutionary dynamics and consider under which conditions the ecosystem interaction network allows punctuated equilibrium (i.e., alternation between hectic and quasi-stable phases). We focus on the links connecting various species and on the strength and sign of those links. For this study we consider the Tangled Nature model, which allows considerable flexibility and plasticity in the analysis of interspecies interactions. We find that it is necessary to have a proper balance of connectivity and interaction intensities so as to establish the kind of mutual cooperation and competition found in nature. It suggests evolutionary punctuated equilibrium as an emergent process, thus displaying features of complex systems. To explicitly demonstrate this fact we consider an extended form of thermodynamics, defining (for the present context) relevant out-of-equilibrium "collective" functions. We then show how to characterize the punctuated equilibrium through entropy-like and free energy-like quantities. Finally, from a close analogy to thermodynamic systems, we propose a protocol similar to simulated annealing. It is based on controlling the species' rate of mutation during the hectic periods, in this way enhancing the exploration of the genome space (similar to the known behavior of bacteria in stressful environments). This allows the system to more rapidly converge to long-duration quasi-stable phases.
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Vázquez P, del Río JA, Cedano KG, Martínez M, Jensen HJ. An Entangled Model for Sustainability Indicators. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135250. [PMID: 26295948 PMCID: PMC4546502 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nowadays the challenge for humanity is to find pathways towards sustainable development. Decision makers require a set of sustainability indicators to know if the sustainability strategies are following those pathways. There are more than one hundred sustainability indicators but they differ on their relative importance according to the size of the locality and change on time. The resources needed to follow these sustainability indicators are scarce and in some instances finite, especially in smaller regions. Therefore strategies to select set of these indicators are useful for decision makers responsible for monitoring sustainability. In this paper we propose a model for the identification and selection of a set of sustainability indicators that adequately represents human systems. In developing this model, we applied evolutionary dynamics in a space where sustainability indicators are fundamental entities interconnected by an interaction matrix. we used a fixed interaction that simulates the current context for the city of Cuernavaca, México as an example. We were able to identify and define relevant sets indicators for the system by using the Pareto principle. In this case we identified a set of sixteen sustainability indicators with more than 80% of the total strength. This set presents resilience to perturbations. For the Tangled Nature framework we provided a manner of treating different contexts (i.e., cities, counties, states, regions, countries, continents or the whole planet), dealing with small dimensions. This model provides decision makers with a valuable tool to select sustainability indicators set for towns, cities, regions, countries, continents or the entire planet according to a coevolutionary framework. The social legitimacy can arise from the fact that each individual indicator must be selected from those that are most important for the subject community.
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- Pável Vázquez
- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Instituto de Energías Renovables y Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Temixco, Morelos, México
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- Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Temixco, Morelos, México
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- Department of Mathematics and Center for Complexity Science, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Stabilization Methods for a Multiagent System with Complex Behaviours. COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE 2015; 2015:236285. [PMID: 26097491 PMCID: PMC4444567 DOI: 10.1155/2015/236285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The main focus of the paper is the stability analysis of a class of multiagent systems based on an interaction protocol which can generate different types of overall behaviours, from asymptotically stable to chaotic. We present several interpretations of stability and suggest two methods to assess the stability of the system, based on the internal models of the agents and on the external, observed behaviour. Since it is very difficult to predict a priori whether a system will be stable or unstable, we propose three heuristic methods that can be used to stabilize such a system during its execution, with minimal changes to its state.
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Leon F. Design and evaluation of a multiagent interaction protocol generating behaviours with different levels of complexity. Neurocomputing 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2014.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Positive interactions and the emergence of community structure in metacommunities. J Theor Biol 2010; 266:419-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2009] [Revised: 06/09/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Jones D, Jensen HJ, Sibani P. Tempo and mode of evolution in the tangled nature model. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 82:036121. [PMID: 21230153 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.82.036121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Revised: 07/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The fossil record has been interpreted as exhibiting a gradual decrease in the extinction rate. We use the individual based Tangled Nature model of evolutionary ecology to study the mechanisms behind this kind of nonstationary macrodynamics. We demonstrate that the long time aging in the system (manifested as a slowing down of the rate of large jumps, or quakes, that the system undergoes) is related to decreasing fluctuations in the offspring probability. The scenario is reminiscent of relaxation in a quenched spin glass but purely dynamical in nature since no energy barriers can be defined.
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- Dominic Jones
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 53 Princes' Gate, Imperial College London, London SW7 2PG, United Kingdom.
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Jensen HJ, Arcaute E. Complexity, collective effects, and modeling of ecosystems: formation, function, and stability. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010; 1195 Suppl 1:E19-26. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Murase Y, Shimada T, Ito N, Rikvold PA. Random walk in genome space: a key ingredient of intermittent dynamics of community assembly on evolutionary time scales. J Theor Biol 2010; 264:663-72. [PMID: 20362586 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Revised: 03/29/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Community assembly is studied using individual-based multispecies models. The models have stochastic population dynamics with mutation, migration, and extinction of species. Mutants appear as a result of mutation of the resident species, while migrants have no correlation with the resident species. It is found that the dynamics of community assembly with mutations are quite different from the case with migrations. In contrast to mutation models, which show intermittent dynamics of quasi-steady states interrupted by sudden reorganizations of the community, migration models show smooth and gradual renewal of the community. As a consequence, instead of the 1/f diversity fluctuations found for the mutation models, 1/f(2), random-walk like fluctuations are observed for the migration models. In addition, a characteristic species-lifetime distribution is found: a power law that is cut off by a "skewed" distribution in the long-lifetime regime. The latter has a longer tail than a simple exponential function, which indicates an age-dependent species-mortality function. Since this characteristic profile has been observed, both in fossil data and in several other mathematical models, we conclude that it is a universal feature of macroevolution.
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- Yohsuke Murase
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
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Murase Y, Shimada T, Ito N, Rikvold PA. Effects of demographic stochasticity on biological community assembly on evolutionary time scales. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 81:041908. [PMID: 20481754 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.81.041908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2009] [Revised: 01/25/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We study the effects of demographic stochasticity on the long-term dynamics of biological coevolution models of community assembly. The noise is induced in order to check the validity of deterministic population dynamics. While mutualistic communities show little dependence on the stochastic population fluctuations, predator-prey models show strong dependence on the stochasticity, indicating the relevance of the finiteness of the populations. For a predator-prey model, the noise causes drastic decreases in diversity and total population size. The communities that emerge under influence of the noise consist of species strongly coupled with each other and have stronger linear stability around the fixed-point populations than the corresponding noiseless model. The dynamics on evolutionary time scales for the predator-prey model are also altered by the noise. Approximate 1/f fluctuations are observed with noise, while 1/f2 fluctuations are found for the model without demographic noise.
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- Yohsuke Murase
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Filotas E, Grant M, Parrott L, Rikvold PA. The effect of positive interactions on community structure in a multi-species metacommunity model along an environmental gradient. Ecol Modell 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rikvold PA. Complex dynamics in coevolution models with ratio-dependent functional response. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Swanack TM, Grant WE, Fath BD. On the use of multi-species NK models to explore ecosystem development. Ecol Modell 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Filotas E, Grant M, Parrott L, Rikvold PA. Community-driven dispersal in an individual-based predator–prey model. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rikvold PA. Self-optimization, community stability, and fluctuations in two individual-based models of biological coevolution. J Math Biol 2007; 55:653-77. [PMID: 17534620 DOI: 10.1007/s00285-007-0101-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We compare and contrast the long-time dynamical properties of two individual-based models of biological coevolution. Selection occurs via multispecies, stochastic population dynamics with reproduction probabilities that depend nonlinearly on the population densities of all species resident in the community. New species are introduced through mutation. Both models are amenable to exact linear stability analysis, and we compare the analytic results with large-scale kinetic Monte Carlo simulations, obtaining the population size as a function of an average interspecies interaction strength. Over time, the models self-optimize through mutation and selection to approximately maximize a community potential function, subject only to constraints internal to the particular model. If the interspecies interactions are randomly distributed on an interval including positive values, the system evolves toward self-sustaining, mutualistic communities. In contrast, for the predator-prey case the matrix of interactions is antisymmetric, and a nonzero population size must be sustained by an external resource. Time series of the diversity and population size for both models show approximate 1/f noise and power-law distributions for the lifetimes of communities and species. For the mutualistic model, these two lifetime distributions have the same exponent, while their exponents are different for the predator-prey model. The difference is probably due to greater resilience toward mass extinctions in the food-web like communities produced by the predator-prey model.
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- Per Arne Rikvold
- School of Computational Science, Center for Materials Research and Technology, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, and Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4120, USA.
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Rikvold PA, Sevim V. Individual-based predator-prey model for biological coevolution: fluctuations, stability, and community structure. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 75:051920. [PMID: 17677111 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.75.051920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2006] [Revised: 04/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We study an individual-based predator-prey model of biological coevolution, using linear stability analysis and large-scale kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. The model exhibits approximate 1/f noise in diversity and population-size fluctuations, and it generates a sequence of quasisteady communities in the form of simple food webs. These communities are quite resilient toward the loss of one or a few species, which is reflected in different power-law exponents for the durations of communities and the lifetimes of species. The exponent for the former is near -1 , while the latter is close to -2 . Statistical characteristics of the evolving communities, including degree (predator and prey) distributions and proportions of basal, intermediate, and top species, compare reasonably with data for real food webs.
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- Per Arne Rikvold
- School of Computational Science, Center for Materials Research and Technology, and Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4120, USA.
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Lawson D, Jensen HJ, Kaneko K. Diversity as a product of inter-specific interactions. J Theor Biol 2006; 243:299-307. [PMID: 16930624 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2005] [Revised: 07/10/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We demonstrate diversification rather than optimization for highly interacting organisms in a well-mixed biological system by means of a simple model of coevolution. We find the cause to be the complex network of interactions formed, allowing species that are less well adapted to an environment to succeed, instead of the 'best' species. This diversification can be considered as the construction of many coevolutionary niches by the network of interactions between species. The model predictions are discussed in relation to experimental work on dense communities of the bacteria Escherichia coli, which may coexist with their own mutants under certain conditions. We find that diversification only occurs above a certain threshold interaction strength, below which competitive exclusion occurs.
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- Daniel Lawson
- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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The Tangled Nature model with inheritance and constraint: Evolutionary ecology restricted by a conserved resource. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2006.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lawson D, Jensen HJ. The species–area relationship and evolution. J Theor Biol 2006; 241:590-600. [PMID: 16458929 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2005] [Revised: 12/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Models relating to the species-area curve usually assume the existence of species, and are concerned mainly with ecological timescales. We examine an individual-based model of co-evolution on a spatial lattice based on the tangled nature model in which species are emergent structures, and show that reproduction, mutation and dispersion by diffusion, with interaction via genotype space, produces power-law species-area relations as observed in ecological measurements at medium scales. We find that long-lasting co-evolutionary habitats form, allowing high diversity levels in a spatially homogenous system.
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- Daniel Lawson
- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Sevim V, Rikvold PA. Effects of correlated interactions in a biological coevolution model with individual-based dynamics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/38/43/005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chowdhury D, Stauffer D. Evolutionary ecology in silico: Does mathematical modelling help in understanding 'generic' trends? J Biosci 2005; 30:277-87. [PMID: 15886463 DOI: 10.1007/bf02703709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Motivated by the results of recent laboratory experiments, as well as many earlier field observations, that evolutionary changes can take place in ecosystems over relatively short ecological time scales, several 'unified' mathematical models of evolutionary ecology have been developed over the last few years with the aim of describing the statistical properties of data related to the evolution of ecosystems. Moreover, because of the availability of sufficiently fast computers, it has become possible to carry out detailed computer simulations of these models. For the sake of completeness and to put these recent developments in perspective, we begin with a brief summary of some older models of ecological phenomena and evolutionary processes. However, the main aim of this article is to review critically these 'unified' models, particularly those published in the physics literature, in simple language that makes the new theories accessible to a wider audience.
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Anderson PE, Jensen HJ. Network properties, species abundance and evolution in a model of evolutionary ecology. J Theor Biol 2005; 232:551-8. [PMID: 15588635 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2003] [Revised: 02/20/2004] [Accepted: 03/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We study the evolution of the network properties of a populated network embedded in a genotype space characterized by either a low or a high number of potential links, with particular emphasis on the connectivity and clustering. Evolution produces two distinct types of network. When a specific genotype is only able to influence a few other genotypes, the ecosystem consists of separate non-interacting clusters (i.e. isolated compartments) in genotype space. When different types may influence a large number of other sites, the network becomes one large interconnected cluster. The distribution of interaction strengths--but not the number of connections--changes significantly with time. We find that the species abundance is only realistic for a high level of species connectivity. This suggests that real ecosystems form one interconnected whole in which selection leads to stronger interactions between the different types. Analogies with niche and neutral theory and assembly models are also considered.
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- Paul E Anderson
- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Zia RKP, Rikvold PA. Fluctuations and correlations in an individual-based model of biological coevolution. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/37/19/003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A deeper understanding of the mechanisms that determine viral evolution in the context of an adaptive immune system is vital for the development of efficient strategies to defeat viral infections. The problem of describing these mechanisms is discussed using the concept of quasispecies. Conditions for both an optimal immune response and for highest viral viability are derived from theoretical models and are supported by empirical data.
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- Christel Kamp
- The Blackett Laboratory, Condensed Matter Theory Group, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW, UK.
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Rikvold PA, Zia RKP. Punctuated equilibria and 1/f noise in a biological coevolution model with individual-based dynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2003; 68:031913. [PMID: 14524809 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.68.031913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
We present a study by linear stability analysis and large-scale Monte Carlo simulations of a simple model of biological coevolution. Selection is provided through a reproduction probability that contains quenched, random interspecies interactions, while genetic variation is provided through a low mutation rate. Both selection and mutation act on individual organisms. Consistent with some current theories of macroevolutionary dynamics, the model displays intermittent, statistically self-similar behavior with punctuated equilibria. The probability density for the lifetimes of ecological communities is well approximated by a power law with exponent near -2, and the corresponding power spectral densities show 1/f noise (flicker noise) over several decades. The long-lived communities (quasisteady states) consist of a relatively small number of mutualistically interacting species, and they are surrounded by a "protection zone" of closely related genotypes that have a very low probability of invading the resident community. The extent of the protection zone affects the stability of the community in a way analogous to the height of the free-energy barrier surrounding a metastable state in a physical system. Measures of biological diversity are on average stationary with no discernible trends, even over our very long simulation runs of approximately 3.4 x 10(7) generations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Per Arne Rikvold
- School of Computational Science and Information Technology, Center for Materials Research and Technology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4120, USA.
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