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Stage-structured cycles promote genetic diversity in a predator-prey system of Daphnia and algae.

Nature - 27 Jan 2005

Nelson William A, McCauley Edward, Wrona Frederick J

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Competition theory predicts that population fluctuations can promote genetic diversity when combined with density-dependent selection. However, this stabilizing mechanism has rarely been tested, and was recently rejected as an explanation for maintaining diversity in natural populations of the freshwater herbivore Daphnia pulex. The primary limitation of competition theory is its failure to account for the...

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PMID: 15674291
DOI: 10.1038/nature03212

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