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No direct selection to increase offspring number of bet-hedging strategies in large populations: Simons' model revisited.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Sept 2007

Kisdi E

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In mixed or 'bet-hedging' strategies, offspring phenotypes are taken randomly from a distribution determined by the genotype and shaped by evolution. Offspring of a single parent represent a finite sample from this distribution, and therefore are subject to variability because of sampling. Contrary to a recent article by A.M. Simons (2007; J. Evol. Biol.20: 813-817), I show that selection does not favour the...

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PMID: 17714324
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01383.x

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