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How competition can drive allochronic divergence: A case study in the Marine Midge, Clunio marinus

Fig 4

Divergence across /Cw parameter space after extending the model to including realistic sexual reproduction, recombination, and an additive genetic basis A: The average number of chronotypes after 1500 generations for 1000 simulations across Cw/ parameter space, with areas of divergence in lilac and white.

Despite the extensions, we still find divergence occurring over a range of parameter values. B: Single simulation runs under three different parameter combinations of Cw/. Branching dynamics are conserved despite the model’s extensions, except for low values of Cw/, where sexual reproduction, recombination, and an additive genetic basis result in more phenotypic stability for chronotypes.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014235.g004