Phase transitions in microbial lineage trees

arXiv:2604.16065 · q-bio.PE, physics.bio-ph · Submitted 2026-04-17 · Read on arXiv

q-bio.PE, physics.bio-ph

Submitted: 2026-04-17

Updated: 2026-09-21

Comments: 16 pages, 5 figures

Code: https://github.com/kaandocal/microbialphasetransitions

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Phase Transitions — 23× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Higher-order statistics — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The two-clock problem in population dynamics

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