Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populations
The benefits of “bet‐hedging” strategies have been assumed to be the main cause of phenotypic diversity in biological populations. However, in their recent work, Healey et al () provide experimental support for negative frequency‐dependent selection (NFDS) as an alternative driving force of diversit...
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| description | The benefits of “bet‐hedging” strategies have been assumed to be the main cause of phenotypic diversity in biological populations. However, in their recent work, Healey et al () provide experimental support for negative frequency‐dependent selection (NFDS) as an alternative driving force of diversity. NFDS favors rare phenotypes over common ones, resulting in an evolutionarily stable mixture of phenotypes that is not necessarily optimal for population growth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94fb5c13469049ceb56fb5550f499f6e2024-03-03T10:18:19ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922016-08-01128n/an/a10.15252/msb.20167133Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populationsDaniel A Charlebois0Gábor Balázsi1The Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology and Department of Biomedical Engineering Stony Brook University Stony Brook NY USAThe Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology and Department of Biomedical Engineering Stony Brook University Stony Brook NY USAThe benefits of “bet‐hedging” strategies have been assumed to be the main cause of phenotypic diversity in biological populations. However, in their recent work, Healey et al () provide experimental support for negative frequency‐dependent selection (NFDS) as an alternative driving force of diversity. NFDS favors rare phenotypes over common ones, resulting in an evolutionarily stable mixture of phenotypes that is not necessarily optimal for population growth.https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.20167133 |
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| title | Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populations |
| title_full | Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populations |
| title_fullStr | Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populations |
| title_short | Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populations |
| title_sort | frequency dependent selection a diversifying force in microbial populations |
| url | https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.20167133 |
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