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  Muller's ratchet with overlapping generations

Metzger, J. J., & Eule, S. (2013). Muller's ratchet with overlapping generations. PLoS Computational Biology, 9(11): e1003303. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003303.

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Metzger, Jakob J.1, Author           
Eule, Stephan1, Author           
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1Department of Nonlinear Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society, ou_2063286              

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 Abstract: Muller's ratchet is a paradigmatic model for the accumulation of deleterious mutations in a population of finite size. A click of the ratchet occurs when all individuals with the least number of deleterious mutations are lost irreversibly due to a stochastic fluctuation. In spite of the simplicity of the model, a quantitative understanding of the process remains an open challenge. In contrast to previous works, we here study a Moran model of the ratchet with overlapping generations. Employing an approximation which describes the fittest individuals as one class and the rest as a second class, we obtain closed analytical expressions of the ratchet rate in the rare clicking regime. As a click in this regime is caused by a rare, large fluctuation from a metastable state, we do not resort to a diffusion approximation but apply an approximation scheme which is especially well suited to describe extinction events from metastable states. This method also allows for a derivation of expressions for the quasi-stationary distribution of the fittest class. Additionally, we confirm numerically that the formulation with overlapping generations leads to the same results as the diffusion approximation and the corresponding Wright-Fisher model with non-overlapping generations.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2013-11-07
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 Identifiers: eDoc: 673693
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003303
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