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Trade-off shapes diversity in eco-evolutionary dynamics

  1. Farnoush Farahpour  Is a corresponding author
  2. Mohammadkarim Saeedghalati
  3. Verena Brauer
  4. Daniel Hoffmann  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36273
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  1. Farnoush Farahpour
  2. Mohammadkarim Saeedghalati
  3. Verena Brauer
  4. Daniel Hoffmann
(2018)
Trade-off shapes diversity in eco-evolutionary dynamics
eLife 7:e36273.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36273
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Abstract

We introduce an Interaction- and Trade-off-based Eco-Evolutionary Model (ITEEM), in which species are competing in a well-mixed system, and their evolution in interaction trait space is subject to a life-history trade-off between replication rate and competitive ability. We demonstrate that the shape of the trade-off has a fundamental impact on eco-evolutionary dynamics, as it imposes four phases of diversity, including a sharp phase transition. Despite its minimalism, ITEEM produces a remarkable range of patterns of eco-evolutionary dynamics that are observed in experimental and natural systems. Most notably we find self-organization towards structured communities with high and sustained diversity, in which competing species form interaction cycles similar to rock-paper-scissors games.

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The source code of the model is freely available at https://github.com/BioinformaticsBiophysicsUDE/ITEEM

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  1. Farnoush Farahpour

    Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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  2. Mohammadkarim Saeedghalati

    Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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  3. Verena Brauer

    Biofilm Centre, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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  4. Daniel Hoffmann

    Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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  1. Farnoush Farahpour
  2. Mohammadkarim Saeedghalati
  3. Verena Brauer
  4. Daniel Hoffmann
(2018)
Trade-off shapes diversity in eco-evolutionary dynamics
eLife 7:e36273.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36273

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