8.592 - HST.452J (Spring
2024)
Statistical Physics
in Biology
Lecture 4
Evolving Populations (forward
Kolmogorov)
- The forward Kolmogorov equation:
- Continuum limit of the Master equation
- Drift and diffusion
- Mutations
- Binomial selection:
- Binomial rates
- Drift/diffusion
- Chemical reaction mimicking selection:
- Master equation for a binary reaction
- Drift/diffusion coeeficients for selection
- Steady states:
- For general drift/diffusion
- For population with mutations/drift/selection
(Lecture Notes)
8.592 lec4- last update 9/15/24 by
M. Kardar