Feisty fish and birds with attitude: Why does evolution not lead to identical individuals?
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https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk793Keywords:
Evolution, individual variation, competition, resourcesAbstract
Natural selection is often thought to “perfect” an organism. Yet, real organisms show lots of diversity in their behaviours and morphology. We show that competition for resources can either maintain trait diversity at a constant high level, or lead to wild cycles in trait evolution. Continuous differences in resources like those found in nature are an important part of these outcomes.
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K. Reinhold, L. Eigentler, David W. Kikuchi: Evolution of individual variation in a competitive trait: a theoretical analysis. J. Evol. Biol. voae036, DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voae036
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