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Thus, the actual equilibrium trait values depend upon initial conditions of the system (Figure 3B) and, because the equilibrium is neutrally stable, the system can 'drift' to different points along the equilibrium curve.

If the initial trait value of the invading prey is close to the equilibrium trait value of the resident prey (see the initial point of trajectory c in Fig. 3a), the defense trait of the invading prey evolves to a higher value after it invades and three species coexist stably (trajectory c in Fig. 3a; Fig. 3c).

If the initial defense trait value of the second prey is lower than the equilibrium trait value of the resident prey (see the initial point of trajectory b in Fig. 3a), the trait of the second, invading prey evolves to a lower value after it invades and three species coexist stably (trajectory b in Fig. 3a; Fig. 3b).

If the initial trait value of the second prey is close to the equilibrium trait value of the resident prey (see the initial point of trajectory c in Fig. 4a), the second prey evolves its defense to a higher level, and the resident prey evolves it defense to a much lower level, resulting in destabilization of the population dynamics (trajectory c in Fig. 4a; Fig. 4c).

In large populations at equilibrium, traits directly related to fitness such as growth rates, adult lifespan and fecundity, bear negative genetic correlations (trade-offs) with one another (Roff, 1996).

At this equilibrium, the trait variance is maintained by mutation, which increases variance, and by genetic drift and stabilizing selection, which decrease variance.

We first calculate equilibrium abundances and trait values when both traits can evolve and m0 = 0.2 and me = 0, and then apply additional mortality with a range of positive values for me to evaluate the relative importance of indirect versus direct evolutionary rescue.

Theory has shown that coevolutionary arms races driven by predator prey interaction result in an equilibrium with higher trait values or in cycles [3].

Our results show that spatial structure and disturbance have a strong influence on the equilibrium life-history traits within a metacommunity.

A much more serious limitation of ASP linkage analysis is the implicit assumption that randomly sampled sib pairs share half their alleles identical by descent at any locus, whereas a critical assumption underlying Vieland and Huang's proof is that of joint Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium proportions at two trait loci.

The simulated populations are ideal in that segregating loci are unlinked, alternative alleles at each locus have frequencies of 0.5, all possible multilocus genotypes occur at the expected Hardy-Weinberg frequencies and linkage equilibrium, phenotypic values of trait X defined in model (2) have 100% penetrance and expressivity, and effects of different B units are additive.