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attention</div> </li> <li><b>q-bio.OT - Other Quantitative Biology</b> (<a href="/list/q-bio.OT/new">new</a>, <a href="/list/q-bio.OT/recent">recent</a>, <a href="/list/q-bio.OT/current">current month</a>) <div class="description">Work in quantitative biology that does not fit into the other q-bio classifications</div> </li> <li><b>q-bio.PE - Populations and Evolution</b> (<a href="/list/q-bio.PE/new">new</a>, <a href="/list/q-bio.PE/recent">recent</a>, <a href="/list/q-bio.PE/current">current month</a>) <div class="description">Population dynamics, spatio-temporal and epidemiological models, dynamic speciation, co-evolution, biodiversity, foodwebs, aging; molecular evolution and phylogeny; directed evolution; origin of life</div> </li> <li><b>q-bio.QM - Quantitative Methods</b> (<a href="/list/q-bio.QM/new">new</a>, <a href="/list/q-bio.QM/recent">recent</a>, <a href="/list/q-bio.QM/current">current month</a>) <div class="description">All experimental, numerical, statistical and 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