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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 218: Seminar on Mathematics for Complex Biological Systems

Prof. Natalia Komarova

Math, UCSD

Mathematical Methods in Evolution and Medicine

Abstract:

Evolutionary dynamics permeates life and life-like systems. Mathematical methods can be used to study evolutionary processes, such as selection, mutation, and drift, and to make sense of many phenomena in the life sciences. How likely is a single mutant to take over a population of individuals? What is the speed of evolution, if things have to get worse before they can get better (aka, fitness valley crossing)? Can cooperation, hierarchical relationships between individuals, spatial interactions, or randomness influence the speed or direction of evolution? Applications to biomedicine will be discussed.

March 14, 2024

2:00 PM

APM 6402

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