New study tests Red Queen Hypothesis


In Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass,” the Red Queen described her country as a place where “it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” From this, the Red Queen hypothesis has been formed. Also referred to as the Red Queen Effect, this evolutionary hypothesis proposes that organisms must constantly adapt, and evolve not only to reproduce, but also to survive against all opposing organisms that are evolving in an ever-changing environment.


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