Session 23. Nonlinear Evolution Equations and their Applications

On a sexual model of phenotypic evolution

Ryszard Rudnicki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
We present an individual based model of phenotypic evolution which includes random and assortative mating process of individuals with or without self-fertilization phenomena. By increasing the number of individuals to infinity we obtain a nonlinear transport equation, which describes the evolution of distribution densities of phenotypic trait. Existence of one-dimensional attractor is proved and the formula for the density of phenotypic trait in the limiting (asymptotic) population is derived in some particular case. The talk is based on a manuscript:
References
  1. R. Rudnicki and P. Zwoleśki, Model of phenotypic evolution in hermaphroditic populations , J. Math. Biol. 2014.
Print version