Punctuated equilibria or gradual evolution: fluctuating asymmetry and variation in the rate of evolution.

doi:10.1006/jtbi.1993.1061

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Punctuated equilibria or gradual evolution: fluctuating asymmetry and variation in the rate of evolution.

Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Apr 1993

Møller A P, Pomiankowski A

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The debate on long-term rates of evolution is polarized around two models: the punctuated equilibrium hypothesis (long periods of very little evolution interrupted by periods of relatively rapid evolutionary change) and the gradual view (the rate of evolution is gradual, albeit with variable rate...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Genetic Variation
Mutation
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic
Stress, Physiological

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