The Bak-Sneppen model incorporates self organized criticality in an attempt to explain this hypothesis, and Geliser and Walker attempted to explain the existence of homochiral biological molecules in the light of this theory.
The Bak-Sneppen model incorporates self organized criticality in an attempt to explain this hypothesis, and Geliser and Walker attempted to explain the existence of homochiral biological molecules in the light of this theory. The paper in which it was introduced began with a discussion of a passage by N. R. Hanson regarding the "cloven hoofprint of theory." It was proposed as an interpretation of the stability of morphospecies, and it suggests that periods of stasis are interspersed with cladogenic events. It contrasts with the theory of phyletic gradualism. For 10 points, identify this theory which suggests that evolution happens in bursts rather than proceeding at a linear rate.
The Bak-Sneppen model incorporates self organized criticality in an attempt to explain this hypothesis, and Geliser and Walker attempted to explain the existence of homochiral biological molecules in the light of this theory.
{punctuated equilibrium}