Environmental Fluctuations and Their Consequences for the Evolution of Phenotypic Diversity

An essential aspect of the current theory of adaptive speciation is the maintenance of phenotypic variation and the evolution of stationary stable phenotypic diversity, a phenomenon known as evolutionary branching. Theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that phenotypic variation can be maintaine...

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Main Authors: Miguel A. Fuentes, Evandro Ferrada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2017.00016/full