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rock-paper-scissors dynamics: a standalone construct

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Microbial ecology

three strains each beat one and lose to another, so local dispersal lets all three persist.

In microbial ecology, rock-paper-scissors dynamics refers to three strains each beat one and lose to another, so local dispersal lets all three persist. This meaning comes from Kerr (2002) in Nature.[1]

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References

Kerr, B., Riley, M. A., Feldman, M. W., & Bohannan, B. J. M. (2002). Local dispersal promotes biodiversity in a real-life game of rock–paper–scissors. Nature, 418(6894), 171-174. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature00823

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