Density-dependent natural selection and trade-offs in life history traits.

doi:10.1126/science.1907401

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Density-dependent natural selection and trade-offs in life history traits.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 26 Jul 1991

Mueller L D, Guo P Z, Ayala F J

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Theories of density-dependent natural selection state that at extreme population densities evolution produces alternative life histories due to trade-offs. The trade-offs are presumed to arise because those genotypes with highest fitness at high population densities will not also have high fitnes...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila melanogaster
Ecology
Female
Genetic Variation
Male
Models, Genetic
Population Growth
Selection, Genetic

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