A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Evolutionary suicide
Authors: Parvinen K
Publisher: SPRINGER
Publication year: 2005
Journal: Acta Biotheoretica
Journal name in source: ACTA BIOTHEORETICA
Journal acronym: ACTA BIOTHEOR
Volume: 53
Issue: 3
First page : 241
Last page: 264
Number of pages: 24
ISSN: 0001-5342
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-005-2531-5
Abstract
The great majority of species that lived on this earth have gone extinct. These extinctions are often explained by invoking changes in the environment, to which the species has been unable to adapt. Evolutionary suicide is an alternative explanation to such extinctions. It is an evolutionary process in which a viable population adapts in such a way that it can no longer persist. In this paper different models, where evolutionary suicide occurs are discussed, and the theory behind the phenomenon is reviewed.
The great majority of species that lived on this earth have gone extinct. These extinctions are often explained by invoking changes in the environment, to which the species has been unable to adapt. Evolutionary suicide is an alternative explanation to such extinctions. It is an evolutionary process in which a viable population adapts in such a way that it can no longer persist. In this paper different models, where evolutionary suicide occurs are discussed, and the theory behind the phenomenon is reviewed.
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