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Red King effect: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary biology

the finding that in a mutualism the slower-evolving partner can gain a larger share of the benefits.

In evolutionary biology, Red King effect refers to the finding that in a mutualism the slower-evolving partner can gain a larger share of the benefits. This meaning comes from Bergstrom (2003) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Bergstrom, C. T., & Lachmann, M. (2003). The Red King effect: When the slowest runner wins the coevolutionary race. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100(2), 593-598. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0134966100

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