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Evolutionary Phase Transitions in Random Environments by Skanata and Kussell in 2016

Outline

I. The minimal model of memory

  • A. Two-phenotype model
  • B. Long-term growth rate
  • C. Cost-benefit tradeoffs in periodic environments
  • D. The mean-field approximation
  • E. Phase diagrams
  • F. The critical point
  • G. Continuous and discontinuous evolutionary transitions
  • H. Three environments
  • I. Derivation of eq (1)

II. Corrections in history

  • A. Leading order
  • B. Higher order corrections
  • C. Discrete distributions
  • D. Three environments
  • E. Continuous distributions

III. Noisy response

IV. Growth in a chemostat

  • A. Competition in fluctuating environments
  • B. Anticipatory regulation

V. Genetic drift