A new mechanistic approach for the further development of a population with established size bimodality.

Usually, the origin of a within-cohort bimodal size distribution is assumed to be caused by initial size differences or by one discrete period of accelerated growth for one part of the population. The aim of this study was to determine if more continuous pathways exist allowing shifts from the small...

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Main Authors: Lisa Heermann, Donald L DeAngelis, Jost Borcherding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5484486?pdf=render