Coevolution of Exploiter Specialization and Victim Mimicry can be Cyclic and Saltational

Darwin's Principle of Divergence explains sympatric speciation as gradual and directional. Contradicting evidence suggests that species' traits evolve saltationally. Here, we model coevolution in exploiter-victim systems. Victims (resource population) have heritable, mutable cue phenotypes...

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Main Authors: Niclas Norrström, Wayne M. Getz, Noél Holmgren M.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2006-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/117693430600200021