Author(s): Kim Sneppen and Namiko Mitarai
Complex dynamical systems often show multiple metastable states. In macroevolution, such behavior is suggested by punctuated equilibrium and discrete geological epochs. In molecular biology, bistability is found in epigenetics and in the many mutually exclusive states that a human cell can take. Soc…
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 100602] Published Wed Sep 05, 2012