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Genomic parallelism defines repeated evolution of an inducible offense.
Science advances - 17 Oct 2025
Levis Nicholas A, Ragsdale Erik J
Abstract excerpt
A common developmental response to resource competition is an inducible offense, the facultative predation of competitors. At its extreme, this response involves the development of alternative phenotypic morphs, or polyphenism. However, how polyphenism evolves to meet ecological challenges, such as competitor species, is unknown. Using replicated experimental evolution, during which starved nematodes could...
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