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q-bio.PE2025
How can we measure the information created by natural selection?
Joel R. Peck, David Waxman
Natural selection can create information. In particular, because of the action of natural selection, we can often learn something about an environment by examining local organisms,…
q-bio.PE2024
Discrete vs. continuous dynamics in biology: When do they align and when do they diverge?
Shuyun Jiao, David Waxman
Many biological systems are governed by difference equations and exhibit discrete-time dynamics. Examples include the size of a population when generations are non-overlapping, and…