Adaptive dynamics in logistic branching populations

• Autorzy: Nicolas Champagnat , Amaury Lambert
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The biological theory of adaptive dynamics proposes a description of the long-time evolution of an asexual population, based on the assumptions of large population, rare mutations and small mutation steps. Under these assumptions, the evolution of a quantitative dominant trait in an isolated population is described by a deterministic differential equation called 'canonical equation of adaptive dynamics'. In this work, in order to include the effect of genetic drift in this model, we consider instead finite, randomly fluctuating populations and weak selection. We consider a trait-structured population subject to mutation, birth and competition of logistic type, where the number of coexisting types may fluctuate. Applying a limit of rare mutations to this population while keeping the population size finite leads to a jump process, the so-called 'trait substitution sequence', where evolution proceeds by successive invasions and fixations of mutant types. The probability of fixation of a mutant is interpreted as a fitness landscape that depends on the current state of the population. Rescaling mutation steps (weak selection) then yields a diffusion on the trait space christened 'canonical diffusion of adaptive dynamics', in which genetic drift (diffusive term) is combined with directional selection (deterministic term) driven by the fitness gradient. Finally, in order to compute the coefficients of this diffusion, we seek explicit first-order formulae for the probability of fixation of a nearly neutral mutant appearing in a resident population. The first-order term is a linear combination of products of functions of the initial mutant frequency times 'invasibility coefficients' associated with fertility, defence, aggressiveness and isolation, which measure the robustness (stability with respect to selective strengths) of the resident type. Some numerical results on the canonical diffusion are also given.

Kategorie tematyczne

• 60J80: Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.)
• 60K35: Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory
• 60J70: Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.)
• 92D10: Genetics
• 60J25: Continuous-time Markov processes on general state spaces
• 92D15: Problems related to evolution
• 60J85: Applications of branching processes
• 92D25: Population dynamics (general)
• 92D40: Ecology
• 60J75: Jump processes

• Wydawca: Institute of Mathematics Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Banach Center Publications
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 80
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 235-244

Daty

wydano

2008

Twórcy

autor

Nicolas Champagnat

• TOSCA team, INRIA Sophia Antipolis-Méditerrannée, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis, France

autor

Amaury Lambert

• Unit of Mathematical Evolutionary Biology, CNRS UMR 7625, Laboratoire d'Écologie et Évolution, École Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France
• CNRS UMR 7625 Laboratoire d'Écologie et Évolution, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.4064/bc80-0-14