(size, cost, copy number)

Replication

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Segregation

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Mobilization and conjugation

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general mechanism 

Stability

strategies for maintencance
selection, no-selection

Introduction to modelling approaches

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general characteristics of each, general assumptions, descriptive and predictive power, limitations 

Deterministic models

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Stochastic models

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Probabilistic models

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Agent based models 

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Modeling plasmid characteristics