annidation
English
Etymology
From Latin ad (“to”) and nidus (“nest”).[1]
Coined by geneticist Wilhelm Ludwig in 1950[2][3] as "a fifth evolutionary factor".[4]
Noun
annidation (plural annidations)
- (ecology) The adaptation of the various genotypes to different ecological niches, such as where a mutant form of a species is maintained in a population because it can flourish in a way that the parent organisms cannot.[5][1]
- Flax grew more rapidly and matured earlier than linseed and this difference in timing of growth led to annidation.[6]
References
- "annidation." (German) Lexikon der Biologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. Wissenschaft-online.de 14 Jun. 2009.
- Ludwig, W. (1950): Zur theorie der konkurrenz. Neue Ergeb. Prob. Zool., Klatt-Festschrift., 516-537.
- Bolnick, Daniel I., (2007): Behavioural Genetics: Evolutionary Fingerprint of the 'Invisible Hand'. Current Biology 17 (15): R597. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.056 (PDF)
- Antonovics, J. (1990): Wilhelm Ludwig and his contributions to population genetics. Trends in Ecol. Evol. 5: 87-90.
- "annidation." McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2003. Answers.com 14 Jun. 2009.
- Khan, M.A., P.D. Putwain & A.D. Bradshaw (1975): Population interrelationships: Frequency-dependent fitness in Linum. Heredity, 34: 145–163. doi:10.1038/hdy.1975.20 (abstract)
Anagrams
- notidanian