Testing life-cycle theory by computer simulation--II. Bet-hedging revisited.
Analytical and computer models were used to reexamine bet-hedging, the reduction in fecundity that is evolutionarily advantageous in conditions of greater variation in juvenile survivorship or less variation in adult survivorship. The computer simulation models represent diploid one-locus genetic systems with semidominance. Schaffer's (1974) predictions proved remarkably robust when variations were symmetrical, and a simple modification allowed successful prediction for the asymmetries that occurred in the computer simulations when variations were large.
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Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, University of Reading, U.K.
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D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005298:Fertility; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011157:Population Dynamics