LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Entropic sampling and natural selection in biological evolution

@article{Choi1996LETTERTT,
  title={LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Entropic sampling and natural selection in biological evolution},
  author={M. Y. Choi and H. Y. Lee and D. Kim and S. H. Park},
  journal={Journal of Physics A},
  year={1996}
}
With a view to connecting random mutation on the molecular level to punctuated equilibrium behaviour on the phenotype level, we propose a new model for biological evolution, which incorporates random mutation and natural selection. In this scheme the system evolves continuously into new configurations, yielding non-stationary behaviour of the total fitness. Furthermore, both the waiting time distribution of species and the avalanche size distribution display power-law behaviours with exponents… 
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