Behavioural Genetics: Evolutionary Fingerprint of the 'invisible Hand'.
From: Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, One University Station C0930, Austin, TX 78712, USA. danbolnick@mail.utexas.edu
Current biology : CB
- Publish Date: Aug 2007
- ISSN: 0960-9822
- Volume: 17
- Issue: 15
- Pages: R596-7
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Bolnick Daniel I, et al. Behavioural Genetics: Evolutionary Fingerprint of the 'invisible Hand'.. Curr. Biol. Aug 2007;17:R596-7
Abstract
A recent study of the foraging gene in Drosophila illustrates a long-standing economic maxim that competition favors rare strategies. Two foraging alleles, rovers and sitters, each have higher fitness when rare — but only when competition is strong.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Alleles, Animals, Drosophila melanogaster, Evolution, Genetics, Behavioral, Genetics, Population
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