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How fitness, speed and position shape competition in expanding populations
A study published in the Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (JSTAT), inspired by the behavior of bacterial colonies observed in previous experiments, uses mathematical models to describe the expansion of competing populations. The aim is to understand which...
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The aim is to understand which factors determine the success of one population over another.