A Paradoxical Evolutionary Mechanism in Stochastically Switching Environments
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Organisms with environmental sensors that guide survival are considered more likely to be favored by natural selection if they possess more accurate sensors. In this paper, we develop a theoretical model which shows that under certain conditions of environmental stochasticity, selection actually favors sensors of lower accuracy. An analogy between this counter-intuitive phenomenon and the well-known Parrondo's paradox is suggested.
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دوره 6 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016