##  [Quasispecies Model](/quasispecies-model) 

  ##  [Quasispecies Model](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/quasispecies-model-0) 

  

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**Natural & Formal Sciences Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A mathematical framework for the evolutionary dynamics of rapidly mutating, replicating populations in which selection and high mutation rates produce a steady-state distribution (a 'cloud') of closely related genotypes around one or more high-fitness sequences (master sequences).