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Error threshold for spatially resolved evolution in the quasispecies model.

S Altmeyer1, J S McCaskill

  • 1Biomolecular Information Processing, BioMIP, GMD-German National Research Center for Information Technology, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53754 St. Augustin, Germany.

Physical Review Letters
|June 21, 2001
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The error threshold for quasispecies is independent of spatial dimensions, with physical interactions crucial for stabilizing biological information. Decreasing diffusion coefficients monotonically reduce the maximal sustainable error probability.

Area of Science:

  • Theoretical Biology
  • Statistical Physics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • The quasispecies model describes the evolution of large populations of self-replicating molecules.
  • Understanding error thresholds is critical for the stability of genetic information.
  • Spatial effects on evolutionary dynamics are complex and require investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the error threshold for quasispecies across various spatial dimensions (1, 2, 3, and infinity).
  • To determine the influence of diffusion coefficients and spatial dimensions on error tolerance.
  • To elucidate the role of physical interactions in stabilizing biological information.

Main Methods:

  • Stochastic simulation across different dimensions.

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  • Analytical investigation of the quasispecies error threshold.
  • Examination of the infinity-dimensional (simplex) space behavior.

    • Main Results:

    • Maximal sustainable error probability decreases monotonically with decreasing diffusion coefficient.
    • This decrease is independent of the spatial dimension.
    • Physical interactions between sequences are necessary for spatial effects to stabilize biological information.

    Conclusions:

    • Spatial dimensions do not influence the error threshold's dependence on the diffusion coefficient.
    • Physical interactions are essential for spatial structure to enhance biological information stability.
    • The infinity-dimensional model serves as a useful approximation for lower-dimensional systems.