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Exact solution of the Eigen model with general fitness functions and degradation rates.

ABSTRACT: We present an exact solution of Eigen's quasispecies model with a general degradation rate and fitness functions, including a square root decrease of fitness with increasing Hamming distance from the wild type. The found behavior of the model with a degradation rate is analogous to a viral quasispecies under attack by the immune system of the host. Our exact solutions also revise the known results of neutral networks in quasispecies theory. To explain the existence of mutants with large Hamming distances from the wild type, we propose three different modifications of the Eigen model: mutation landscape, multiple adjacent mutations, and frequency-dependent fitness in which the steady-state solution shows a multicenter behavior.

SUBMITTER: Saakian DB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1458773 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exact solution of the Eigen model with general fitness functions and degradation rates.

Saakian David B DB Hu Chin-Kun CK

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060320 13

We present an exact solution of Eigen's quasispecies model with a general degradation rate and fitness functions, including a square root decrease of fitness with increasing Hamming distance from the wild type. The found behavior of the model with a degradation rate is analogous to a viral quasispecies under attack by the immune system of the host. Our exact solutions also revise the known results of neutral networks in quasispecies theory. To explain the existence of mutants with large Hamming ...[more]

PMID: 16549804

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