Abstract:Sympatric speciation is the emergence of new species from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the same geographic region. This process presents an interesting problem for theoretical studies of evolution. One mechanism by which sympatric speciation might occur is periodic or quasiperiodic fluctuations in the abundance of the resources. In this paper inspired by the experimental findings of (Herron and Doebeli, PLoS Biol. 11, p. e1001490, 2013), we present a number of models of asexual speciation of E. … Show more
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