Event Detail

Life Amidst Singularities - Evolutionary Consequenes of an Almost-Faithful Replication

Michel DURINX

Jun 08, 2009 | 13:15

KLI for Evolution and Cognition Research, Altenberg, Austria
Organized by: Michel DURINX (Theoretical Biology, Leiden University)

Topic Description

This presentation will discuss the process of repeated invasion by only slightly differing mutants, and try to find out the underlying abstract geometrical patterns. By connecting several developments, it will show how the evolutionary analysis of so-called Adaptive Dynamics models (i.e., large systems where mutations are rare and of limited effect) can be handled in general, both theoretically and practically.

Biographical note

Michel Durinx is a mathematical and theoretical biologist who did his PhD work ("Life Amidst Singularities") at Leiden University, the Netherlands, where he is associated with the Theoretical Biology Group.

Participants

  • Michel Durinx