Submissions tagged with branching
(4 documents)
Ecological dynamics and the basis of sympatric phenotypic diversification
Theoretical and empirical studies are showing evidence in support of evolutionary branching and sympatric speciation due to frequency‐dependent competition. However, phenotypic diversification due …
Received 21 August 2009 17:39 UTC; Posted 24 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Neuronal plasticity: cell-based strategy for target identification and validation
While growing neurites are relatively plastic during development, their plasticity levels drop rapidly as neurons mature and become integrated into neuronal networks. As a consequence, the central …
Received 13 January 2009 02:16 UTC; Posted 13 January 2009
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology
Adaptive evolution and then what?
Traits determining ecological interactions and dynamics are generally subject to natural selection. That genetically based individual variation in ecological traits can influence population dynamic…
Received 16 June 2007 13:48 UTC; Posted 18 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Fluctuating population dynamics promotes the evolution of phenotypic plasticity
An increasing number of studies are showing evidence in support of sympatric speciation. One basic question remains, however. When a population has undergone a branching in its phenotype, is this d…
Received 16 June 2007 13:37 UTC; Posted 16 June 2007
Posted to: Ecology
