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. 1989 Feb;4(2):41-4.
doi: 10.1016/0169-5347(89)90138-9.

Hedging one's evolutionary bets, revisited

T Philippi  1 , J Seger
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Hedging one's evolutionary bets, revisited

T Philippi et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 1989 Feb.

Abstract

Evolutionary bet-hedging involves a trade-off between the mean and variance of fitness, such that phenotypes with reduced mean fitness may be at a selective advantage under certain conditions. The theory of bet-hedging was first formulated in the 1970s, and recent empirical studies suggest that the process may operate in a wide range of plant and animal species.

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