2005/01/18 by Birgitte Freiesleben De Blasio, De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben, Fabio Vittorio De Blasio +1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #FOS: Biological sciences #Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE) #q-bio.PE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.q-bio/0501025
arxiv created 2005/01/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We present a simple model of adaptive radiations in evolution based on species competition. Competition is found to promote species divergence and branching, and to dampen the net species production. In the model simulations, high taxonomic diversification and branching take place during the beginning of the radiation. The results show striking similarities with empirical data and highlight the mechanism of competition as an important driving factor for accelerated evolutionary transformation.