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q-bio.PE2023
Migration feedback induces emergent ecotypes and abrupt transitions in evolving populations
Casey O. Barkan, Shenshen Wang
We explore the connection between migration patterns and emergent behaviors of evolving populations in spatially heterogeneous environments. Despite extensive studies in ecological…
q-bio.PE2022★ 2 cited
Multiple Phase Transitions Shape Biodiversity of a Migrating Population
Casey Barkan, Shenshen Wang
In a wide variety of natural systems, closely-related microbial strains coexist stably, resulting in high levels of fine-scale biodiversity. However, the mechanisms that stabilize…
q-bio.PE2019★ 58 cited
Tuning environmental timescales to evolve and maintain generalists
Vedant Sachdeva, Kabir Husain, Jiming Sheng +2
Natural environments can present diverse challenges, but some genotypes remain fit across many environments. Such `generalists' can be hard to evolve, out-competed by specialists f…