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Language(s):
eng - English
Dates:
2011-03-28
Publication Status:
Accepted / In Press
Pages:
VI, 140 S.
Publishing info:
Kiel : Christian-Albrechts-Universität
Table of Contents:
Kurzfassung v
Abstract vi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Evolution of Evolutionary Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Scope of the Thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 Thesis Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Speed of evolution 13
2.1 Pace of evolution across tness valleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 Fitter but slower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3 Evolutionary Game Theory 37
3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.2 Evolutionarily Stable Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.3 Evolutionary Game Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4 Evolution in the multiverse 64
4.1 Evolutionary games in the multiverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.2 The assumption of \small" mutation rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.3 Mutation selection equilibrium in evolutionary games. . . . . . . 91
4.4 Evolutionary games and Medea allele dynamics . . . . . . . . . 106
5 Summary and Outlook 122
References 125
Acknowledgements cxl
Declaration cxli
Curriculum vitae cxlii
Rev. Type:
-
Identifiers:
eDoc: 564962
Other: Diss/12292
Degree:
PhD
