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A model of macroevolution as a branching process based on innovations
Stephanie Keller-Schmidt, Konstantin Klemm
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Status: Published
Adv. Compl. Syst. 15:1250043 (2012)
Abstract
We introduce a model for the evolution of species triggered by generation of
novel features and exhaustive combination with other available traits. Under the
assumption that innovations are rare, we obtain a bursty branching process of
speciations. Analysis of the trees representing the branching history reveals
structures qualitatively different from those of random processes. For a tree
with $n$ leaves, the average distance of leaves from root scales as $(\log n)^2$
to be compared to $\log n$ for random branching. The mean values and standard
deviations for the tree shape indices depth (Sackin index) and imbalance
(Colless index) of the model are compatible with those of real
phylogenetic trees from databases. Earlier models, such as the Aldous' branching
(AB) model, show a larger deviation from data with respect to the shape
indices.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.2608