Ecological Trade-offs Flashcards

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Allocation

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If energy is invested in one trait, there is less energy to invest in another

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Antagonistic pleiotropy

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A mutation that improves one characteristic, can weaken another characteristic

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Trade off between efficiency and rate

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A process that is very efficient is usually slow, whereas a fast process is usually inefficient

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