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Numerical testing of evolution theories

Part I Theoretical introduction and basic tests

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    Nils Aall Barricelli

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The investigation presented in this paper was supported in part by research grants RG-6980 and C-2306 from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service. The first part of the investigation was performed while the author was a temporary member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and the evolution experiments and competition tests were performed by the electronic computer of the Institute.

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Barricelli, N.A. Numerical testing of evolution theories. Acta Biotheor 16, 69–98 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01556771

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