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The competition between species in a biological system is analyzed in terms of linear and nonlinear models. The significance of stochastic phenomena in evolutionary processes is emphasized. A qualitative model of evolution as a hopping process on the eigenvalue ladder is developed.
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Ebeling, W. (1991). Mutations and Selection in Evolutionary Processes. In: Mosekilde, E., Mosekilde, L. (eds) Complexity, Chaos, and Biological Evolution. NATO ASI Series, vol 270. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7847-1_15
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