Coevolutionary dynamics of phenotypic diversity and contingent cooperation
Fig 3
Stationary distribution for 2M competing strains.
Fraction of these 2M strains in the long run. The bars are obtained by solving the eigenvector of the 2M by 2M transition matrix. Empty circles and empty triangles are obtained by simulations. Blue denotes cooperator, and red defector. The abscissa value represents how many potentially expressible phenotypes individuals can switch to. The evolutionary process is fully characterized in the main text. Parameters: N = 20, b = 1, c = 0.3, β = 0.1, μ = 0.002. From A to F, θ is 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1, correspondingly, and the overall cooperation level is 0.91, 0.88, 0.84, 0.63, 0.49, and 0.29, respectively.