On the role of the degradation rates for the dominance of the fittest in Eigen's quasispecies model

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Table 1. Parameters used in the numerical examples.

Example	n	N	Values of	Values of
1	2	4	2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8	0.1, 1.3, 1.3, 1.5
2	4	16	2, 0.5, 1.9, 1.8, 1.8, 1.7, 1.9, 1.7, 1.7, 1.65, 1.95, 1.9, 1.65, 1.8, 1.8, 1.9	1, 0.4, 1.8, 1.75, 1.7, 1.6, 1.85, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.85, 1.85, 1.6, 1.75, 1, 1
3	4	16	2, 0.05, 1.9, 1.8, 1.8, 1.7, 1.9, 1.7, 1.7, 1.65, 1.95, 1.9, 1.65, 1.8, 1.8, 1.9	1, 0.01, 1.8, 1.75, 1.7, 1.6, 1.85, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.85, 1.85, 1.6, 1.75, 1, 1

Figure 1. Equilibrium concentrations calculated for Example 1. ‘ Δ′→x ₁, ‘ *′→x ₂, ‘+′→x ₃, ‘·′→x ₄.

Figure 2. Equilibrium concentrations calculated for Example 2. ‘ Δ′→x ₁, ‘ *′→x ₂, the complement of the wild type. The wild type remains dominant for all values of q. All other 14 frequencies are represented with various symbols that overlap on the plot.

Figure 3. Equilibrium concentrations calculated for Example 3. ‘ Δ′→x ₁, ‘ *′→x ₂, the complement of the wild type, ‘ °′→x ₁₅, ‘ ⋄′→x ₁₆. The wild type loses dominance for all values of q. All other 14 frequencies are represented with various symbols that overlap on the plot.