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  text: Background and aims Angiosperms display remarkable diversity in flower colour,
    implying that transitions between pigmentation phenotypes must have been common.
    Despite progress in understanding transitions between anthocyanin (blue, purple,
    pink or red) and unpigmented (white) flowers, little is known about the evolutionary
    patterns of flower-colour transitions in lineages with both yellow and anthocyanin-pigmented
    flowers. This study investigates the relative rates of evolutionary transitions
    between different combinations of yellow- and anthocyanin-pigmentation phenotypes
    in the tribe Antirrhineae. Methods We surveyed taxonomic literature for data on
    anthocyanin and yellow floral pigmentation for 369 species across the tribe. We
    then reconstructed the phylogeny of 169 taxa and used phylogenetic comparative
    methods to estimate transition rates among pigmentation phenotypes across the
    phylogeny. Key Results In contrast to previous studies we found a bias towards
    transitions involving a gain in pigmentation, although transitions to phenotypes
    with both anthocyanin and yellow taxa are nevertheless extremely rare. Despite
    the dominance of yellow and anthocyanin-pigmented taxa, transitions between these
    phenotypes are constrained to move through a white intermediate stage, whereas
    transitions to double-pigmentation are very rare. The most abundant transitions
    are between anthocyanin-pigmented and unpigmented flowers, and similarly the most
    abundant polymorphic taxa were those with anthocyanin-pigmented and unpigmented
    flowers. Conclusions Our findings show that pigment evolution is limited by the
    presence of other floral pigments. This interaction between anthocyanin and yellow
    pigments constrains the breadth of potential floral diversity observed in nature.
    In particular, they suggest that selection has repeatedly acted to promote the
    spread of single-pigmented phenotypes across the Antirrhineae phylogeny. Furthermore,
    the correlation between transition rates and polymorphism suggests that the forces
    causing and maintaining variance in the short term reflect evolutionary processes
    on longer time scales.
acknowledgement: We thank Melinda Pickup, Spencer Barrett, Nick Barton and four anonymous
  reviewers for helpful discussions on previous versions  of  this  manuscript.  We  also  thank  Jana  Porsche  for
  her efforts in tracking down the more obscure references.
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- first_name: Thomas
  full_name: Ellis, Thomas
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  last_name: Ellis
  orcid: 0000-0002-8511-0254
- first_name: David
  full_name: Field, David
  id: 419049E2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Field
  orcid: 0000-0002-4014-8478
citation:
  ama: Ellis T, Field D. Repeated gains in yellow and anthocyanin pigmentation in
    flower colour transitions in the Antirrhineae. <i>Annals of Botany</i>. 2016;117(7):1133-1140.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw043">10.1093/aob/mcw043</a>
  apa: Ellis, T., &#38; Field, D. (2016). Repeated gains in yellow and anthocyanin
    pigmentation in flower colour transitions in the Antirrhineae. <i>Annals of Botany</i>.
    Oxford University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw043">https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw043</a>
  chicago: Ellis, Thomas, and David Field. “Repeated Gains in Yellow and Anthocyanin
    Pigmentation in Flower Colour Transitions in the Antirrhineae.” <i>Annals of Botany</i>.
    Oxford University Press, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw043">https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw043</a>.
  ieee: T. Ellis and D. Field, “Repeated gains in yellow and anthocyanin pigmentation
    in flower colour transitions in the Antirrhineae,” <i>Annals of Botany</i>, vol.
    117, no. 7. Oxford University Press, pp. 1133–1140, 2016.
  ista: Ellis T, Field D. 2016. Repeated gains in yellow and anthocyanin pigmentation
    in flower colour transitions in the Antirrhineae. Annals of Botany. 117(7), 1133–1140.
  mla: Ellis, Thomas, and David Field. “Repeated Gains in Yellow and Anthocyanin Pigmentation
    in Flower Colour Transitions in the Antirrhineae.” <i>Annals of Botany</i>, vol.
    117, no. 7, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 1133–40, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw043">10.1093/aob/mcw043</a>.
  short: T. Ellis, D. Field, Annals of Botany 117 (2016) 1133–1140.
corr_author: '1'
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  ama: Abbott R, Barton NH, Good J. Genomics of hybridization and its evolutionary
    consequences. <i>Molecular Ecology</i>. 2016;25(11):2325-2332. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13685">10.1111/mec.13685</a>
  apa: Abbott, R., Barton, N. H., &#38; Good, J. (2016). Genomics of hybridization
    and its evolutionary consequences. <i>Molecular Ecology</i>. Wiley-Blackwell.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13685">https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13685</a>
  chicago: Abbott, Richard, Nicholas H Barton, and Jeffrey Good. “Genomics of Hybridization
    and Its Evolutionary Consequences.” <i>Molecular Ecology</i>. Wiley-Blackwell,
    2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13685">https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13685</a>.
  ieee: R. Abbott, N. H. Barton, and J. Good, “Genomics of hybridization and its evolutionary
    consequences,” <i>Molecular Ecology</i>, vol. 25, no. 11. Wiley-Blackwell, pp.
    2325–2332, 2016.
  ista: Abbott R, Barton NH, Good J. 2016. Genomics of hybridization and its evolutionary
    consequences. Molecular Ecology. 25(11), 2325–2332.
  mla: Abbott, Richard, et al. “Genomics of Hybridization and Its Evolutionary Consequences.”
    <i>Molecular Ecology</i>, vol. 25, no. 11, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016, pp. 2325–32,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13685">10.1111/mec.13685</a>.
  short: R. Abbott, N.H. Barton, J. Good, Molecular Ecology 25 (2016) 2325–2332.
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  text: 'Selection, mutation, and random drift affect the dynamics of allele frequencies
    and consequently of quantitative traits. While the macroscopic dynamics of quantitative
    traits can be measured, the underlying allele frequencies are typically unobserved.
    Can we understand how the macroscopic observables evolve without following these
    microscopic processes? This problem has been studied previously by analogy with
    statistical mechanics: the allele frequency distribution at each time point is
    approximated by the stationary form, which maximizes entropy. We explore the limitations
    of this method when mutation is small (4Nμ &lt; 1) so that populations are typically
    close to fixation, and we extend the theory in this regime to account for changes
    in mutation strength. We consider a single diallelic locus either under directional
    selection or with overdominance and then generalize to multiple unlinked biallelic
    loci with unequal effects. We find that the maximum-entropy approximation is remarkably
    accurate, even when mutation and selection change rapidly. '
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  full_name: Bod'ová, Katarína
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  id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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    quantitative traits. <i>Genetics</i>. 2016;202(4):1523-1548. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.184127">10.1534/genetics.115.184127</a>
  apa: Bodova, K., Tkačik, G., &#38; Barton, N. H. (2016). A general approximation
    for the dynamics of quantitative traits. <i>Genetics</i>. Genetics Society of
    America. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.184127">https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.184127</a>
  chicago: Bodova, Katarina, Gašper Tkačik, and Nicholas H Barton. “A General Approximation
    for the Dynamics of Quantitative Traits.” <i>Genetics</i>. Genetics Society of
    America, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.184127">https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.184127</a>.
  ieee: K. Bodova, G. Tkačik, and N. H. Barton, “A general approximation for the dynamics
    of quantitative traits,” <i>Genetics</i>, vol. 202, no. 4. Genetics Society of
    America, pp. 1523–1548, 2016.
  ista: Bodova K, Tkačik G, Barton NH. 2016. A general approximation for the dynamics
    of quantitative traits. Genetics. 202(4), 1523–1548.
  mla: Bodova, Katarina, et al. “A General Approximation for the Dynamics of Quantitative
    Traits.” <i>Genetics</i>, vol. 202, no. 4, Genetics Society of America, 2016,
    pp. 1523–48, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.184127">10.1534/genetics.115.184127</a>.
  short: K. Bodova, G. Tkačik, N.H. Barton, Genetics 202 (2016) 1523–1548.
corr_author: '1'
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  text: The inference of demographic history from genome data is hindered by a lack
    of efficient computational approaches. In particular, it has proved difficult
    to exploit the information contained in the distribution of genealogies across
    the genome. We have previously shown that the generating function (GF) of genealogies
    can be used to analytically compute likelihoods of demographic models from configurations
    of mutations in short sequence blocks (Lohse et al. 2011). Although the GF has
    a simple, recursive form, the size of such likelihood calculations explodes quickly
    with the number of individuals and applications of this framework have so far
    been mainly limited to small samples (pairs and triplets) for which the GF can
    be written by hand. Here we investigate several strategies for exploiting the
    inherent symmetries of the coalescent. In particular, we show that the GF of genealogies
    can be decomposed into a set of equivalence classes that allows likelihood calculations
    from nontrivial samples. Using this strategy, we automated blockwise likelihood
    calculations for a general set of demographic scenarios in Mathematica. These
    histories may involve population size changes, continuous migration, discrete
    divergence, and admixture between multiple populations. To give a concrete example,
    we calculate the likelihood for a model of isolation with migration (IM), assuming
    two diploid samples without phase and outgroup information. We demonstrate the
    new inference scheme with an analysis of two individual butterfly genomes from
    the sister species Heliconius melpomene rosina and H. cydno.
acknowledgement: "We thank Lynsey Bunnefeld for discussions throughout the project
  and Joshua Schraiber and one anonymous reviewer\r\nfor constructive comments on
  an earlier version of this manuscript. This work was supported by funding from the\r\nUnited
  Kingdom Natural Environment Research Council (to K.L.) (NE/I020288/1) and a grant
  from the European\r\nResearch Council (250152) (to N.H.B.)."
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  ama: Lohse K, Chmelik M, Martin S, Barton NH. Efficient strategies for calculating
    blockwise likelihoods under the coalescent. <i>Genetics</i>. 2016;202(2):775-786.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.183814">10.1534/genetics.115.183814</a>
  apa: Lohse, K., Chmelik, M., Martin, S., &#38; Barton, N. H. (2016). Efficient strategies
    for calculating blockwise likelihoods under the coalescent. <i>Genetics</i>. Genetics
    Society of America. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.183814">https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.183814</a>
  chicago: Lohse, Konrad, Martin Chmelik, Simon Martin, and Nicholas H Barton. “Efficient
    Strategies for Calculating Blockwise Likelihoods under the Coalescent.” <i>Genetics</i>.
    Genetics Society of America, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.183814">https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.183814</a>.
  ieee: K. Lohse, M. Chmelik, S. Martin, and N. H. Barton, “Efficient strategies for
    calculating blockwise likelihoods under the coalescent,” <i>Genetics</i>, vol.
    202, no. 2. Genetics Society of America, pp. 775–786, 2016.
  ista: Lohse K, Chmelik M, Martin S, Barton NH. 2016. Efficient strategies for calculating
    blockwise likelihoods under the coalescent. Genetics. 202(2), 775–786.
  mla: Lohse, Konrad, et al. “Efficient Strategies for Calculating Blockwise Likelihoods
    under the Coalescent.” <i>Genetics</i>, vol. 202, no. 2, Genetics Society of America,
    2016, pp. 775–86, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.183814">10.1534/genetics.115.183814</a>.
  short: K. Lohse, M. Chmelik, S. Martin, N.H. Barton, Genetics 202 (2016) 775–786.
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  text: 'Ancestral processes are fundamental to modern population genetics and spatial
    structure has been the subject of intense interest for many years. Despite this
    interest, almost nothing is known about the distribution of the locations of pedigree
    or genetic ancestors. Using both spatially continuous and stepping-stone models,
    we show that the distribution of pedigree ancestors approaches a travelling wave,
    for which we develop two alternative approximations. The speed and width of the
    wave are sensitive to the local details of the model. After a short time, genetic
    ancestors spread far more slowly than pedigree ancestors, ultimately diffusing
    out with radius ## rather than spreading at constant speed. In contrast to the
    wave of pedigree ancestors, the spread of genetic ancestry is insensitive to the
    local details of the models.'
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author:
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  last_name: Kelleher
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  last_name: Etheridge
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  full_name: Véber, Amandine
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  ama: Kelleher J, Etheridge A, Véber A, Barton NH. Spread of pedigree versus genetic
    ancestry in spatially distributed populations. <i>Theoretical Population Biology</i>.
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  apa: Kelleher, J., Etheridge, A., Véber, A., &#38; Barton, N. H. (2016). Spread
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    Population Biology</i>. Academic Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2015.10.008">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2015.10.008</a>
  chicago: Kelleher, Jerome, Alison Etheridge, Amandine Véber, and Nicholas H Barton.
    “Spread of Pedigree versus Genetic Ancestry in Spatially Distributed Populations.”
    <i>Theoretical Population Biology</i>. Academic Press, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2015.10.008">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2015.10.008</a>.
  ieee: J. Kelleher, A. Etheridge, A. Véber, and N. H. Barton, “Spread of pedigree
    versus genetic ancestry in spatially distributed populations,” <i>Theoretical
    Population Biology</i>, vol. 108. Academic Press, pp. 1–12, 2016.
  ista: Kelleher J, Etheridge A, Véber A, Barton NH. 2016. Spread of pedigree versus
    genetic ancestry in spatially distributed populations. Theoretical Population
    Biology. 108, 1–12.
  mla: Kelleher, Jerome, et al. “Spread of Pedigree versus Genetic Ancestry in Spatially
    Distributed Populations.” <i>Theoretical Population Biology</i>, vol. 108, Academic
    Press, 2016, pp. 1–12, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2015.10.008">10.1016/j.tpb.2015.10.008</a>.
  short: J. Kelleher, A. Etheridge, A. Véber, N.H. Barton, Theoretical Population
    Biology 108 (2016) 1–12.
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  text: "We collected flower colour information on species in the tribe Antirrhineae
    from taxonomic literature. We also retreived molecular data from GenBank for as
    many of these species as possible to estimate phylogenetic relationships among
    these taxa. We then used the R package 'diversitree' to examine patterns of evolutionary
    transitions between anthocyanin and yellow pigmentation across the phylogeny.\r\n\r\nFor
    full details of the methods see:\r\nEllis TJ and Field DL \"Repeated gains in
    yellow and anthocyanin pigmentation in flower colour transitions in the Antirrhineae”,
    Annals of Botany (in press)"
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  last_name: Field
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  ama: Ellis T, Field D. Flower colour data and phylogeny (NEXUS) files. 2016. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:34">10.15479/AT:ISTA:34</a>
  apa: Ellis, T., &#38; Field, D. (2016). Flower colour data and phylogeny (NEXUS)
    files. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:34">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:34</a>
  chicago: Ellis, Thomas, and David Field. “Flower Colour Data and Phylogeny (NEXUS)
    Files.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:34">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:34</a>.
  ieee: T. Ellis and D. Field, “Flower colour data and phylogeny (NEXUS) files.” Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria, 2016.
  ista: Ellis T, Field D. 2016. Flower colour data and phylogeny (NEXUS) files, Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria, <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:34">10.15479/AT:ISTA:34</a>.
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    Files</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2016, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:34">10.15479/AT:ISTA:34</a>.
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  text: Much of quantitative genetics is based on the ‘infinitesimal model’, under
    which selection has a negligible effect on the genetic variance. This is typically
    justified by assuming a very large number of loci with additive effects. However,
    it applies even when genes interact, provided that the number of loci is large
    enough that selection on each of them is weak relative to random drift. In the
    long term, directional selection will change allele frequencies, but even then,
    the effects of epistasis on the ultimate change in trait mean due to selection
    may be modest. Stabilising selection can maintain many traits close to their optima,
    even when the underlying alleles are weakly selected. However, the number of traits
    that can be optimised is apparently limited to ~4Ne by the ‘drift load’, and this
    is hard to reconcile with the apparent complexity of many organisms. Just as for
    the mutation load, this limit can be evaded by a particular form of negative epistasis.
    A more robust limit is set by the variance in reproductive success. This suggests
    that selection accumulates information most efficiently in the infinitesimal regime,
    when selection on individual alleles is weak, and comparable with random drift.
    A review of evidence on selection strength suggests that although most variance
    in fitness may be because of alleles with large Nes, substantial amounts of adaptation
    may be because of alleles in the infinitesimal regime, in which epistasis has
    modest effects.
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citation:
  ama: 'Barton NH. Data from: How does epistasis influence the response to selection?
    2016. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5s7r">10.5061/dryad.s5s7r</a>'
  apa: 'Barton, N. H. (2016). Data from: How does epistasis influence the response
    to selection? Dryad. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5s7r">https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5s7r</a>'
  chicago: 'Barton, Nicholas H. “Data from: How Does Epistasis Influence the Response
    to Selection?” Dryad, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5s7r">https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5s7r</a>.'
  ieee: 'N. H. Barton, “Data from: How does epistasis influence the response to selection?”
    Dryad, 2016.'
  ista: 'Barton NH. 2016. Data from: How does epistasis influence the response to
    selection?, Dryad, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5s7r">10.5061/dryad.s5s7r</a>.'
  mla: 'Barton, Nicholas H. <i>Data from: How Does Epistasis Influence the Response
    to Selection?</i> Dryad, 2016, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5s7r">10.5061/dryad.s5s7r</a>.'
  short: N.H. Barton, (2016).
date_created: 2021-07-23T11:45:47Z
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  full_name: Roux, Camille
  last_name: Roux
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  full_name: Fraisse, Christelle
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  last_name: Romiguier
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  full_name: Bierne, Nicolas
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  ama: Roux C, Fraisse C, Romiguier J, Anciaux Y, Galtier N, Bierne N. Simulation
    study to test the robustness of ABC in face of recent times of divergence. 2016.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s016">10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s016</a>
  apa: Roux, C., Fraisse, C., Romiguier, J., Anciaux, Y., Galtier, N., &#38; Bierne,
    N. (2016). Simulation study to test the robustness of ABC in face of recent times
    of divergence. Public Library of Science. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s016">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s016</a>
  chicago: Roux, Camille, Christelle Fraisse, Jonathan Romiguier, Youann Anciaux,
    Nicolas Galtier, and Nicolas Bierne. “Simulation Study to Test the Robustness
    of ABC in Face of Recent Times of Divergence.” Public Library of Science, 2016.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s016">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s016</a>.
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    “Simulation study to test the robustness of ABC in face of recent times of divergence.”
    Public Library of Science, 2016.
  ista: Roux C, Fraisse C, Romiguier J, Anciaux Y, Galtier N, Bierne N. 2016. Simulation
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  mla: Roux, Camille, et al. <i>Simulation Study to Test the Robustness of ABC in
    Face of Recent Times of Divergence</i>. Public Library of Science, 2016, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s016">10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s016</a>.
  short: C. Roux, C. Fraisse, J. Romiguier, Y. Anciaux, N. Galtier, N. Bierne, (2016).
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  last_name: Romiguier
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  full_name: Bierne, Nicolas
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  ama: Roux C, Fraisse C, Romiguier J, Anciaux Y, Galtier N, Bierne N. Accessions
    of surveyed individuals, geographic locations and summary statistics. 2016. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017">10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017</a>
  apa: Roux, C., Fraisse, C., Romiguier, J., Anciaux, Y., Galtier, N., &#38; Bierne,
    N. (2016). Accessions of surveyed individuals, geographic locations and summary
    statistics. Public Library of Science. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017</a>
  chicago: Roux, Camille, Christelle Fraisse, Jonathan Romiguier, Youann Anciaux,
    Nicolas Galtier, and Nicolas Bierne. “Accessions of Surveyed Individuals, Geographic
    Locations and Summary Statistics.” Public Library of Science, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017</a>.
  ieee: C. Roux, C. Fraisse, J. Romiguier, Y. Anciaux, N. Galtier, and N. Bierne,
    “Accessions of surveyed individuals, geographic locations and summary statistics.”
    Public Library of Science, 2016.
  ista: Roux C, Fraisse C, Romiguier J, Anciaux Y, Galtier N, Bierne N. 2016. Accessions
    of surveyed individuals, geographic locations and summary statistics, Public Library
    of Science, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017">10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017</a>.
  mla: Roux, Camille, et al. <i>Accessions of Surveyed Individuals, Geographic Locations
    and Summary Statistics</i>. Public Library of Science, 2016, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017">10.1371/journal.pbio.2000234.s017</a>.
  short: C. Roux, C. Fraisse, J. Romiguier, Y. Anciaux, N. Galtier, N. Bierne, (2016).
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  text: Viral capsids are structurally constrained by interactions among the amino
    acids (AAs) of their constituent proteins. Therefore, epistasis is expected to
    evolve among physically interacting sites and to influence the rates of substitution.
    To study the evolution of epistasis, we focused on the major structural protein
    of the ϕX174 phage family by, first, reconstructing the ancestral protein sequences
    of 18 species using a Bayesian statistical framework. The inferred ancestral reconstruction
    differed at eight AAs, for a total of 256 possible ancestral haplotypes. For each
    ancestral haplotype and the extant species, we estimated, in silico, the distribution
    of free energies and epistasis of the capsid structure. We found that free energy
    has not significantly increased but epistasis has. We decomposed epistasis up
    to fifth order and found that higher-order epistasis sometimes compensates pairwise
    interactions making the free energy seem additive. The dN/dS ratio is low, suggesting
    strong purifying selection, and that structure is under stabilizing selection.
    We synthesized phages carrying ancestral haplotypes of the coat protein gene and
    measured their fitness experimentally. Our findings indicate that stabilizing
    mutations can have higher fitness, and that fitness optima do not necessarily
    coincide with energy minima.
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  id: 2A181218-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: de Vladar
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  ama: Fernandes Redondo RA, de Vladar H, Włodarski T, Bollback JP. Data from evolutionary
    interplay between structure, energy and epistasis in the coat protein of the ϕX174
    phage family. 2016. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1">10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1</a>
  apa: Fernandes Redondo, R. A., de Vladar, H., Włodarski, T., &#38; Bollback, J.
    P. (2016). Data from evolutionary interplay between structure, energy and epistasis
    in the coat protein of the ϕX174 phage family. The Royal Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1">https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1</a>
  chicago: Fernandes Redondo, Rodrigo A, Harold de Vladar, Tomasz Włodarski, and Jonathan
    P Bollback. “Data from Evolutionary Interplay between Structure, Energy and Epistasis
    in the Coat Protein of the ΦX174 Phage Family.” The Royal Society, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1">https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1</a>.
  ieee: R. A. Fernandes Redondo, H. de Vladar, T. Włodarski, and J. P. Bollback, “Data
    from evolutionary interplay between structure, energy and epistasis in the coat
    protein of the ϕX174 phage family.” The Royal Society, 2016.
  ista: Fernandes Redondo RA, de Vladar H, Włodarski T, Bollback JP. 2016. Data from
    evolutionary interplay between structure, energy and epistasis in the coat protein
    of the ϕX174 phage family, The Royal Society, <a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1">10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1</a>.
  mla: Fernandes Redondo, Rodrigo A., et al. <i>Data from Evolutionary Interplay between
    Structure, Energy and Epistasis in the Coat Protein of the ΦX174 Phage Family</i>.
    The Royal Society, 2016, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1">10.6084/m9.figshare.4315652.v1</a>.
  short: R.A. Fernandes Redondo, H. de Vladar, T. Włodarski, J.P. Bollback, (2016).
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  text: "Natural environments are never constant but subject to spatial and temporal
    change on\r\nall scales, increasingly so due to human activity. Hence, it is crucial
    to understand the\r\nimpact of environmental variation on evolutionary processes.
    In this thesis, I present\r\nthree topics that share the common theme of environmental
    variation, yet illustrate its\r\neffect from different perspectives.\r\nFirst,
    I show how a temporally fluctuating environment gives rise to second-order\r\nselection
    on a modifier for stress-induced mutagenesis. Without fluctuations, when\r\npopulations
    are adapted to their environment, mutation rates are minimized. I argue\r\nthat
    a stress-induced mutator mechanism may only be maintained if the population is\r\nrepeatedly
    subjected to diverse environmental challenges, and I outline implications of\r\nthe
    presented results to antibiotic treatment strategies.\r\nSecond, I discuss my
    work on the evolution of dispersal. Besides reproducing\r\nknown results about
    the effect of heterogeneous habitats on dispersal, it identifies\r\nspatial changes
    in dispersal type frequencies as a source for selection for increased\r\npropensities
    to disperse. This concept contains effects of relatedness that are known\r\nto
    promote dispersal, and I explain how it identifies other forces selecting for
    dispersal\r\nand puts them on a common scale.\r\nThird, I analyse genetic variances
    of phenotypic traits under multivariate stabilizing\r\nselection. For the case
    of constant environments, I generalize known formulae of\r\nequilibrium variances
    to multiple traits and discuss how the genetic variance of a focal\r\ntrait is
    influenced by selection on background traits. I conclude by presenting ideas and\r\npreliminary
    work aiming at including environmental fluctuations in the form of moving\r\ntrait
    optima into the model."
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  apa: Novak, S. (2016). <i>Evolutionary proccesses in variable emvironments</i>.
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  chicago: Novak, Sebastian. “Evolutionary Proccesses in Variable Emvironments.” Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria, 2016.
  ieee: S. Novak, “Evolutionary proccesses in variable emvironments,” Institute of
    Science and Technology Austria, 2016.
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  text: "Evolution of gene regulation is important for phenotypic evolution and diversity.
    Sequence-specific binding of regulatory proteins is one of the key regulatory
    mechanisms determining gene expression. Although there has been intense interest
    in evolution of regulatory binding sites in the last decades, a theoretical understanding
    is far from being complete. In this thesis, I aim at a better understanding of
    the evolution of transcriptional regulatory binding sequences by using biophysical
    and population genetic models.\r\nIn the first part of the thesis, I discuss how
    to formulate the evolutionary dynamics of binding se- quences in a single isolated
    binding site and in promoter/enhancer regions. I develop a theoretical framework
    bridging between a thermodynamical model for transcription and a mutation-selection-drift
    model for monomorphic populations. I mainly address the typical evolutionary rates,
    and how they de- pend on biophysical parameters (e.g. binding length and specificity)
    and population genetic parameters (e.g. population size and selection strength).\r\nIn
    the second part of the thesis, I analyse empirical data for a better evolutionary
    and biophysical understanding of sequence-specific binding of bacterial RNA polymerase.
    First, I infer selection on regulatory and non-regulatory binding sites of RNA
    polymerase in the E. coli K12 genome. Second, I infer the chemical potential of
    RNA polymerase, an important but unknown physical parameter defining the threshold
    energy for strong binding. Furthermore, I try to understand the relation between
    the lac promoter sequence diversity and the LacZ activity variation among 20 bacterial
    isolates by constructing a simple but biophysically motivated gene expression
    model. Lastly, I lay out a statistical framework to predict adaptive point mutations
    in de novo promoter evolution in a selection experiment."
acknowledgement: This PhD thesis may not have been completed without the help and
  care I received from some peo- ple during my PhD life. I am especially grateful
  to Tiago Paixao, Gasper Tkacik, Nick Barton, not only for their scientific advices
  but also for their patience and support. I thank Calin Guet and Jonathan Bollback
  for allowing me to “play around” in their labs and get some experience on experimental
  evolution. I thank Magdalena Steinrueck and Fabienne Jesse for collaborating and
  sharing their experimental data with me. I thank Johannes Jaeger for reviewing my
  thesis. I thank all members of Barton group (aka bartonians) for their feedback,
  and all workers of IST Austria for making the best working conditions. Lastly, I
  thank two special women, Nejla Sag ̆lam and Setenay Dog ̆an, for their continuous
  support and encouragement. I truly had a great chance of having right people around
  me.
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  text: Hybrid zones represent evolutionary laboratories, where recombination brings
    together alleles in combinations which have not previously been tested by selection.
    This provides an excellent opportunity to test the effect of molecular variation
    on fitness, and how this variation is able to spread through populations in a
    natural context. The snapdragon Antirrhinum majus is polymorphic in the wild for
    two loci controlling the distribution of yellow and magenta floral pigments. Where
    the yellow A. m. striatum and the magenta A. m. pseudomajus meet along a valley
    in the Spanish Pyrenees they form a stable hybrid zone Alleles at these loci recombine
    to give striking transgressive variation for flower colour. The sharp transition
    in phenotype over ~1km implies strong selection maintaining the hybrid zone. An
    indirect assay of pollinator visitation in the field found that pollinators forage
    in a positive-frequency dependent manner on Antirrhinum, matching previous data
    on fruit set. Experimental arrays and paternity analysis of wild-pollinated seeds
    demonstrated assortative mating for pigmentation alleles, and that pollinator
    behaviour alone is sufficient to explain this pattern. Selection by pollinators
    should be sufficiently strong to maintain the hybrid zone, although other mechanisms
    may be at work. At a broader scale I examined evolutionary transitions between
    yellow and anthocyanin pigmentation in the tribe Antirrhinae, and found that selection
    has acted strate that pollinators are a major determinant of reproductive success
    and mating patterns in wild Antirrhinum.
acknowledgement: "I am indebted to many people for their support during my PhD, but
  I particularly wish to thank Nick Barton for his guidance and intuition, and for
  encouraging me to take the time to look beyond the immediate topic of my PhD to
  understand the broader context. I am also especially grateful to David Field his
  bottomless patience, invaluable advice on experimental design, analysis and scientific
  writing, and for tireless work on the population surveys and genomic work without
  most of my thesis could not have happened. \r\n\r\nIt has been a pleasure to work
  with the combined strengths of the groups at The John Innes Centre, University of
  Toulouse and IST Austria. Thanks to Enrico Coen and his group for hosting me in
  Norwich in 2011 and especially for setting up the tag experiment. \r\n\r\nI thank
  David Field, Desmond Bradley and Maria Clara Melo-Hurtado for organising field collections,
  as well as Monique Burrus and Christophe Andalo and a large number of volunteers
  for their e ff orts helping with the field work. Furthermore I thank Coline Jaworski
  for providing seeds and for her input into the design of the experimental arrays,
  and Matthew Couchman for maintaining the database of. \r\n\r\nIn addition to those
  mentioned above, I am grateful to Melinda Pickup, Spencer Barrett, and four anonymous
  reviewers for their insightful comments on sections of this manuscript. I also thank
  Jana Porsche for her e ff orts in tracking down the more obscure references for
  chapter 5, and Jon Bollback for his advice about the analysis. \r\n\r\nI am indebted
  to Jon Ågren for his patience whilst I finished this thesis, and to Sylvia Cremer
  and Magnus Nordborg for taking the time to read and evaluate the thesis given a
  shorter deadline than was fair. \r\n\r\nA very positive aspect of my PhD has been
  the supportive atmosphere of IST. In particular, I have come to appreciate the enormous
  support from our group assistants Nicole Hotzy, Julia Asimakis, Christine Ostermann
  and Jerneja Beslagic. I also thank Christian Chaloupka and Stefan Hipfinger for
  their enthusiasm and readiness to help where possible in setting up our greenhouse
  and experiments. "
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    Science and Technology Austria, 2016.
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  text: "Genotypic, phenotypic and demographic data for 2128 wild snapdragons and
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    flowers have a mouth-like structure which pollinators must open to access nectar.
    We placed 5mm cellophane tags in these mouths, which are held in place by the
    pressure of the flower until a pollinator visits. When she opens the flower, the
    tag drops out, and one can infer a visit. We surveyed plants over multiple days
    in 2010, 2011 and 2012.\r\n\r\nAlso included are data on phenotypic and demographic
    variables which may be explanatory variables for pollinator visitation."
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  ama: Ellis T. Pollinator visitation data for wild Antirrhinum majus plants, with
    phenotypic and frequency data. 2016. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:36">10.15479/AT:ISTA:36</a>
  apa: Ellis, T. (2016). Pollinator visitation data for wild Antirrhinum majus plants,
    with phenotypic and frequency data. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:36">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:36</a>
  chicago: Ellis, Thomas. “Pollinator Visitation Data for Wild Antirrhinum Majus Plants,
    with Phenotypic and Frequency Data.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
    2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:36">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:36</a>.
  ieee: T. Ellis, “Pollinator visitation data for wild Antirrhinum majus plants, with
    phenotypic and frequency data.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2016.
  ista: Ellis T. 2016. Pollinator visitation data for wild Antirrhinum majus plants,
    with phenotypic and frequency data., Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:36">10.15479/AT:ISTA:36</a>.
  mla: Ellis, Thomas. <i>Pollinator Visitation Data for Wild Antirrhinum Majus Plants,
    with Phenotypic and Frequency Data.</i> Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
    2016, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:36">10.15479/AT:ISTA:36</a>.
  short: T. Ellis, (2016).
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  text: Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) form a popular optimisation paradigm inspired
    by natural evolution. In recent years the field of evolutionary computation has
    developed a rigorous analytical theory to analyse their runtime on many illustrative
    problems. Here we apply this theory to a simple model of natural evolution. In
    the Strong Selection Weak Mutation (SSWM) evolutionary regime the time between
    occurrence of new mutations is much longer than the time it takes for a new beneficial
    mutation to take over the population. In this situation, the population only contains
    copies of one genotype and evolution can be modelled as a (1+1)-type process where
    the probability of accepting a new genotype (improvements or worsenings) depends
    on the change in fitness. We present an initial runtime analysis of SSWM, quantifying
    its performance for various parameters and investigating differences to the (1+1)
    EA. We show that SSWM can have a moderate advantage over the (1+1) EA at crossing
    fitness valleys and study an example where SSWM outperforms the (1+1) EA by taking
    advantage of information on the fitness gradient.
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    comparison of natural and artificial evolution. In: <i>Proceedings of the 2015
    Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation</i>. ACM; 2015:1455-1462.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2739480.2754758">10.1145/2739480.2754758</a>'
  apa: 'Paixao, T., Sudholt, D., Heredia, J., &#38; Trubenova, B. (2015). First steps
    towards a runtime comparison of natural and artificial evolution. In <i>Proceedings
    of the 2015 Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation</i> (pp.
    1455–1462). Madrid, Spain: ACM. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2739480.2754758">https://doi.org/10.1145/2739480.2754758</a>'
  chicago: Paixao, Tiago, Dirk Sudholt, Jorge Heredia, and Barbora Trubenova. “First
    Steps towards a Runtime Comparison of Natural and Artificial Evolution.” In <i>Proceedings
    of the 2015 Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation</i>, 1455–62.
    ACM, 2015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2739480.2754758">https://doi.org/10.1145/2739480.2754758</a>.
  ieee: T. Paixao, D. Sudholt, J. Heredia, and B. Trubenova, “First steps towards
    a runtime comparison of natural and artificial evolution,” in <i>Proceedings of
    the 2015 Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation</i>, Madrid,
    Spain, 2015, pp. 1455–1462.
  ista: 'Paixao T, Sudholt D, Heredia J, Trubenova B. 2015. First steps towards a
    runtime comparison of natural and artificial evolution. Proceedings of the 2015
    Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation. GECCO: Genetic and
    evolutionary computation conference, 1455–1462.'
  mla: Paixao, Tiago, et al. “First Steps towards a Runtime Comparison of Natural
    and Artificial Evolution.” <i>Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Conference on Genetic
    and Evolutionary Computation</i>, ACM, 2015, pp. 1455–62, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2739480.2754758">10.1145/2739480.2754758</a>.
  short: T. Paixao, D. Sudholt, J. Heredia, B. Trubenova, in:, Proceedings of the
    2015 Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, ACM, 2015, pp.
    1455–1462.
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date_updated: 2025-09-23T08:50:33Z
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  text: Evolutionary biologists have an array of powerful theoretical techniques that
    can accurately predict changes in the genetic composition of populations. Changes
    in gene frequencies and genetic associations between loci can be tracked as they
    respond to a wide variety of evolutionary forces. However, it is often less clear
    how to decompose these various forces into components that accurately reflect
    the underlying biology. Here, we present several issues that arise in the definition
    and interpretation of selection and selection coefficients, focusing on insights
    gained through the examination of selection coefficients in multilocus notation.
    Using this notation, we discuss how its flexibility-which allows different biological
    units to be identified as targets of selection-is reflected in the interpretation
    of the coefficients that the notation generates. In many situations, it can be
    difficult to agree on whether loci can be considered to be under &quot;direct&quot;
    versus &quot;indirect&quot; selection, or to quantify this selection. We present
    arguments for what the terms direct and indirect selection might best encompass,
    considering a range of issues, from viability and sexual selection to kin selection.
    We show how multilocus notation can discriminate between direct and indirect selection,
    and describe when it can do so.
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- first_name: Maria
  full_name: Servedio, Maria
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  ama: Barton NH, Servedio M. The interpretation of selection coefficients. <i>Evolution</i>.
    2015;69(5):1101-1112. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12641">10.1111/evo.12641</a>
  apa: Barton, N. H., &#38; Servedio, M. (2015). The interpretation of selection coefficients.
    <i>Evolution</i>. Wiley. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12641">https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12641</a>
  chicago: Barton, Nicholas H, and Maria Servedio. “The Interpretation of Selection
    Coefficients.” <i>Evolution</i>. Wiley, 2015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12641">https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12641</a>.
  ieee: N. H. Barton and M. Servedio, “The interpretation of selection coefficients,”
    <i>Evolution</i>, vol. 69, no. 5. Wiley, pp. 1101–1112, 2015.
  ista: Barton NH, Servedio M. 2015. The interpretation of selection coefficients.
    Evolution. 69(5), 1101–1112.
  mla: Barton, Nicholas H., and Maria Servedio. “The Interpretation of Selection Coefficients.”
    <i>Evolution</i>, vol. 69, no. 5, Wiley, 2015, pp. 1101–12, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12641">10.1111/evo.12641</a>.
  short: N.H. Barton, M. Servedio, Evolution 69 (2015) 1101–1112.
corr_author: '1'
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date_updated: 2025-09-23T13:53:01Z
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  text: In many social situations, individuals endeavor to find the single best possible
    partner, but are constrained to evaluate the candidates in sequence. Examples
    include the search for mates, economic partnerships, or any other long-term ties
    where the choice to interact involves two parties. Surprisingly, however, previous
    theoretical work on mutual choice problems focuses on finding equilibrium solutions,
    while ignoring the evolutionary dynamics of decisions. Empirically, this may be
    of high importance, as some equilibrium solutions can never be reached unless
    the population undergoes radical changes and a sufficient number of individuals
    change their decisions simultaneously. To address this question, we apply a mutual
    choice sequential search problem in an evolutionary game-theoretical model that
    allows one to find solutions that are favored by evolution. As an example, we
    study the influence of sequential search on the evolutionary dynamics of cooperation.
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  id: 3C869AA0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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  ama: Priklopil T, Chatterjee K. Evolution of decisions in population games with
    sequentially searching individuals. <i>Games</i>. 2015;6(4):413-437. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/g6040413">10.3390/g6040413</a>
  apa: Priklopil, T., &#38; Chatterjee, K. (2015). Evolution of decisions in population
    games with sequentially searching individuals. <i>Games</i>. MDPI. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/g6040413">https://doi.org/10.3390/g6040413</a>
  chicago: Priklopil, Tadeas, and Krishnendu Chatterjee. “Evolution of Decisions in
    Population Games with Sequentially Searching Individuals.” <i>Games</i>. MDPI,
    2015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/g6040413">https://doi.org/10.3390/g6040413</a>.
  ieee: T. Priklopil and K. Chatterjee, “Evolution of decisions in population games
    with sequentially searching individuals,” <i>Games</i>, vol. 6, no. 4. MDPI, pp.
    413–437, 2015.
  ista: Priklopil T, Chatterjee K. 2015. Evolution of decisions in population games
    with sequentially searching individuals. Games. 6(4), 413–437.
  mla: Priklopil, Tadeas, and Krishnendu Chatterjee. “Evolution of Decisions in Population
    Games with Sequentially Searching Individuals.” <i>Games</i>, vol. 6, no. 4, MDPI,
    2015, pp. 413–37, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/g6040413">10.3390/g6040413</a>.
  short: T. Priklopil, K. Chatterjee, Games 6 (2015) 413–437.
corr_author: '1'
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  grant_number: '279307'
  name: 'Quantitative Graph Games: Theory and Applications'
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