Competitive growth on a rugged front

Sherry Chu, Daniel Beller, David Nelson

Jordan Horowitz, Daniel Swartz

Outline

0.     Historical reminiscences

I.      Range Expansion: Bacteria growing into new environment; models with and without a rough front

II.     Coalescence of paths governs diversity and close ancestry

III.   Competition reproduction, mutation, and extinction on a rough front

IV.    Morphologies of growing fronts

V.    Deterministic growth profiles from seeds on an undulating substrate

VI.  Summary

Next (Range Expansion) Outline Range Expansions Coalescence Extinction Morphology Deterministic growth Summary