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A major clue to the behavior of dynamical systems is given by the existence and location of equilibrium points.
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A semistable equilibrium can also occur when the function touches zero without changing sign, but this is rare.
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For simplicity, we assume that all individuals are haploid.
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Bifurcations of equilibrium points are called local bifurcations.
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Garfinkel, A., Shevtsov, J., Guo, Y. (2017). Equilibrium Behavior. In: Modeling Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59731-7_3
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