Experimental evolution of bet hedging under manipulated environmental uncertainty in Neurospora Crassa

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1787, 2014, Pages

  Graham, Jeffrey K ^a   Smith, Myron L ^a,b   Simons, Andrew M ^a  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Dormancy; Geometric mean fitness; Life history evolution; Spore germination; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

BET-HEDGING; DORMANCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 84901415764     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0706     Document Type: Article

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