Still, the elements of competition persist.
After 1896 the volume of world trade rose sharply again, but the sense of heightened economic competition persisted in Europe.
Although stereotypical measures of masculinity, like fraternity hazings, monster truck rallies, and competitive eating competitions still persist, some men are reevaluating what it means to be a masculine member of society in the face of shifting ideals toward gender identity.
There are many industries where "robust full-throated competition persists despite less than a half-dozen major players," says Peter Clark of University College London, a co-author of a new book on mergers, "Masterminding the Deal".
If Anthony Dias Blue, the wine and spirits editor of Bon Appetit magazine, who runs the San Francisco competition, persists in turning up low-priced winners he may frighten off the powerhouse wine producers, who can ill afford to have a pack of upstarts ruffle their promotional feathers.
Furthermore, using the Wolbachia strain WMel reduces the mosquito lifespan by at most 10% and allows them to persist in competition with non-Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes.
Microbial consortia constitute a majority of the earth's biomass, but little is known about how these cooperating communities persist despite competition among community members.
This is often interpreted as support for clonal decay and evidence suggesting that ancient clones may not persist in competition with young asexuals or sexual counterparts.
Other species are paleo-endemics, that were formerly widespread, but continue to persist locally when competition pressure is low (Stebbins and Major 1965; Anacker 2014).
When the trend forms by competition, the ancestral form will persist and force selection in a single direction, away from the ancestral species.
