Fluctuating selection
id:
fluctuating-selection-295-3132543
title:
Fluctuating selection
text:
Fluctuating selection is a mode of natural selection characterized by the fluctuation of the direction of selection on a given phenotype over a relatively brief period of evolutionary time. For example, a species of plant may come in two varieties: one which prefers wetter soil and one which prefers dryer soil. During a period of wet years, the wet variety will be more fit and produce more offspring, and thereby increase the frequency of wet-preferring plants. If this wet period is followed by d
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluctuating_selection
date created:
date modified:
2021-08-29T11:48:12Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q24963184","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24963184"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Fluctuating_selection.png","width":594,"height":354}
fields total:
13
integrity:
14