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Population Ecology of Tunes
John M. McBride, Armand. M. Leroi
How cultural repertoires maintain diversity under selection is a fundamental question in cultural evolution. We address this using thirteen years of weekly popularity data for appr…
Contrasting statistical patterns in melodic and molecular evolution reveal distinctive constraints in a culturally evolving system
John M McBride, W Tecumseh Fitch
Evolved sequences can be used to infer the rules of evolution. Orally transmitted folk melodies are evolved sequences whose similarity to protein sequences (one-dimensional, drawn…
What is a Musical Scale? Regularity and Convention in the Organization of Pitch
John M McBride
Musical scales are near-universal in human music, and most readers will feel they already know what a scale is. On closer inspection, however, the literature lacks a consensus defi…
Geometric-Chemical Distance Between Protein Surfaces
Himanshu Swami, John M. McBride, Jean-Pierre Eckmann +1
Proteins recognize, bind, and catalyze through molecular surfaces, where geometry and chemical patterning determine interaction. Comparing these surfaces requires both a geometric-…