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The evolutionary advantage of cultural memory on heterogeneous contact networks

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  • Carja, Oana
  • Creanza, Nicole

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Cultural processes, as well as the selection pressures experienced by individuals in a population over time and space, are fundamentally stochastic. Phenotypic variability, together with imperfect phenotypic transmission between parents and offspring, has been previously shown to play an important role in evolutionary rescue and (epi)genetic adaptation of populations to fluctuating temporal environmental pressures. This type of evolutionary bet-hedging does not confer a direct benefit to a single individual, but can instead increase the adaptability of the whole lineage.

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  • Carja, Oana & Creanza, Nicole, 2019. "The evolutionary advantage of cultural memory on heterogeneous contact networks," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 118-125.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:thpobi:v:129:y:2019:i:c:p:118-125
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2018.09.006
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    1. Yang Ping Kuo & César Nombela-Arrieta & Oana Carja, 2024. "A theory of evolutionary dynamics on any complex population structure reveals stem cell niche architecture as a spatial suppressor of selection," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.

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