title: The hypercycle, traveling waves, and Wright's equation.
abstract: A formal relation between the hypercycle equation and the delay differential equation of E. M. Wright is exhibited using a traveling waves approach. Several unsolved questions in either problem can be related and interpreted, in particular new motivation for the study of Wright's equation is obtained.
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D005075:Biological Evolution; D008433:Mathematics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D000069497:Origin of Life