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The Role of Non-Genetic Change in the Heritability, Variation, and Response to Selection of Artificially Selected Ecosystems

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posted on 2023-06-07, 22:42 authored by Alexandra Penn, Inman HarveyInman Harvey
A response to selection on the level of the ecosystem has been demonstrated in artificial selection experiments, and poses interesting challenges to concepts of heritability, variation and phenotype in biological systems. We use ecosystems modeled as Lotka-Volterra competition systems, and subject to an ecosystem-level selection process, to illustrate and discuss the potential, and possible mechanisms, for ecosystem-level evolution without genetic change of the component species. A limited positive response to selection is demonstrated by the selection of alternative stable ecosystem states.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

MIT Press

Pages

6.0

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE'9.

Event location

Bostan, MA, USA

Event type

conference

ISBN

0-262-66183-7

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  • Informatics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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