Article
Understanding the limits to generalizability of experimental evolutionary models.
Nature - 11 Sept 2008
Forde Samantha E, Beardmore Robert E, Gudelj Ivana, Arkin Sinan S, Thompson John N, Hurst Laurence D
Abstract excerpt
Given the difficulty of testing evolutionary and ecological theory in situ, in vitro model systems are attractive alternatives; however, can we appraise whether an experimental result is particular to the in vitro model, and, if so, characterize the systems likely to behave differently and understand why? Here we examine these issues using the relationship between phenotypic diversity and resource input in the...
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