Fluctuation induces evolutionary branching in a modeled microbial ecosystem
Populations and Evolution
2015-05-13 v1
Abstract
The impact of environmental fluctuation on species diversity is studied with a model of the evolutionary ecology of microorganisms. We show that environmental fluctuation induces evolutionary branching and assures the consequential coexistence of multiple species. Pairwise invasibility analysis is applied to illustrate the speciation process. We also discuss how fluctuation affects species diversity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.4001,
title = {Fluctuation induces evolutionary branching in a modeled microbial ecosystem},
author = {Masashi Tachikawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.4001},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to Physical Review Letters