Stress and trade-offs explain life's diversity: New Smithsonian model
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 07:56
in Biology & Nature
Plants and people alike face critical choices as they reproduce: to make a few big, well-provisioned seeds - or babies - or many small, poorly-provisioned ones. Different species make strikingly different choices, resulting in a great diversity of life forms: Darwin's 'endless forms most beautiful...