Stochastic Evolutionary Dynamics: Drift vs. Draft

Skipper, Robert (2004) Stochastic Evolutionary Dynamics: Drift vs. Draft.

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Abstract

In a small handful of papers in theoretical population genetics, John Gillespie argues that a new stochastic process he calls "genetic draft" is evolutionarily more significant than genetic drift. This case study of chance in evolution explores Gillespie's proposed stochastic evolutionary force and sketches the implications of Gillespie's argument for philosophers' explorations of genetic drift.

Keywords:	genetic drift, genetic draft, Gillespie, evolution, population genetics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences: Biology: Evolutionary Theory
ID Code:	2444
Deposited By:	Skipper, Robert
Deposited On:	16 September 2005
Additional Information:	This paper was part of the symposium, "Four Case Studies on Chance in Evolution," with John Beatty, Michael Dietrich, Robert Richardson, Robert Skipper; with commentary by Roberta L. Millstein.