Reproduction and ferromagnetism

Abstract

I present a stochastic population model that combines cooperative interactions of the type often used in physics with the process of reproduction and death familiar to biology, and I refer to reasons why such interlocking may be of interest to both fields.

13 pages, 4 figures

References in corpus (3)

• Monotonicity of Fitness Landscapes and Mutation Rate Control
• Population genetics of gene function
• Ferromagnetic state and phase transitions