Punctuated equilibrium in an evolving bacterial population
arXiv:cond-mat/9902135 · doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00123-5
Abstract
Recently, Lenski et al have carried out an experiment on bacterial evolution. Their findings support the theory of punctuated equilibrium in biological evolution. We show that the M=2 Bak-Sneppen model can explain some of the experimental results in a qualitative manner.
LaTeX, Five PS figures, Accepted for publication in Physica A, 1st August, 1999