Role of demographic stochasticity in a speciation model with sexual reproduction

Luis F Lafuerza1, Alan J McKane1

  • 1Theoretical Physics Division, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.

Physical Review. E
|April 15, 2016
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