The evolution of phenotypic polymorphism: Randomized strategies versus evolutionary branching

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 669-681

  Leimar, Olof ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Convergence stability; Evolutionary branching; Genetic polymorphism; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 19944404217     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429566     Document Type: Article

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