scholarly journals Selection and mutation in a shifting and fluctuating environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1761-1798
Author(s):  
Susely Figueroa Iglesias ◽  
Sepideh Mirrahimi
2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 427-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Astumian

Fluctuations favour state B = (B,B′) based on kinetic asymmetry combined with moderate dissipation rather than state A = (A,A′) in which the absolute amount of dissipation is greater but where there is no kinetic asymmetry.


2007 ◽  
Vol 438 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 336-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Bianco ◽  
Paolo Grigolini ◽  
Paolo Paradisi

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-204
Author(s):  
Ju-liang Zhang ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
Xiang-sun Zhang

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline B. Turner ◽  
Sean W. Buskirk ◽  
Katrina B. Harris ◽  
Vaughn S. Cooper

AbstractNatural environments are rarely static; rather selection can fluctuate on time scales ranging from hours to centuries. However, it is unclear how adaptation to fluctuating environments differs from adaptation to constant environments at the genetic level. For bacteria, one key axis of environmental variation is selection for planktonic or biofilm modes of growth. We conducted an evolution experiment with Burkholderia cenocepacia, comparing the evolutionary dynamics of populations evolving under constant selection for either biofilm formation or planktonic growth with populations in which selection fluctuated between the two environments on a weekly basis. Populations evolved in the fluctuating environment shared many of the same genetic targets of selection as those evolved in constant biofilm selection, but were genetically distinct from the constant planktonic populations. In the fluctuating environment, mutations in the biofilm-regulating genes wspA and rpfR rose to high frequency in all replicate populations. A mutation in wspA first rose rapidly and nearly fixed during the initial biofilm phase but was subsequently displaced by a collection of rpfR mutants upon the shift to the planktonic phase. The wspA and rpfR genotypes coexisted via negative frequency-dependent selection around an equilibrium frequency that shifted between the environments. The maintenance of coexisting genotypes in the fluctuating environment was unexpected. Under temporally fluctuating environments coexistence of two genotypes is only predicted under a narrow range of conditions, but the frequency-dependent interactions we observed provide a mechanism that can increase the likelihood of coexistence in fluctuating environments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Hasanbulli ◽  
Svitlana P. Rogovchenko ◽  
Yuriy V. Rogovchenko

We discuss the effect of a periodic yield harvesting on a single species population whose dynamics in a fluctuating environment is described by the logistic differential equation with periodic coefficients. This problem was studied by Brauer and Sánchez (2003) who attempted the proof of the existence of two positive periodic solutions; the flaw in their argument is corrected. We obtain estimates for positive attracting and repelling periodic solutions and describe behavior of other solutions. Extinction and blow-up times are evaluated for solutions with small and large initial data; dependence of the number of periodic solutions on the parameterσassociated with the intensity of harvesting is explored. Asσgrows, the number of periodic solutions drops from two to zero. We provide bounds for the bifurcation parameter whose value in practice can be efficiently approximated numerically.


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