Competition at the front of expanding populations
Summary
I. Neutral range expansion: Roughness of front of neutral bacteria invading new territory
II. Competitive exapnaion: Morphologies and growth patterns
III. Exact solutions from Cole-Hopf map
IV. Fixation of emerging specialists: bounded vs. unboundaded fitness
V. Fitness variations: universality classes
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