Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populations

Daniel A. Charlebois; Gábor Balázsi

doi:10.15252/msb.20167133

Frequency‐dependent selection: a diversifying force in microbial populations

Daniel A. Charlebois
, Gábor Balázsi

Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology

Stony Brook University

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Abstract

The benefits of “bet‐hedging” strategies have been assumed to be the main cause of phenotypic diversity in biological populations. However, in their recent work, Healey et al (2016) provide experimental support for negative frequency‐dependent selection (NFDS) as an alternative driving force of diversity. NFDS favors rare phenotypes over common ones, resulting in an evolutionarily stable mixture of phenotypes that is not necessarily optimal for population growth.

Original language	English
Article number	MSB167133
Journal	Molecular Systems Biology
Volume	12
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.20167133
State	Published - Aug 1 2016

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