How is diversity maintained in a competitive arena (be it Darwinian or political), when intuitively one would expect a single optimal strategy to succeed over all others? In simulations, stable clusters occur when there is an advantage to being different per se. Such models could explain #SexualDimorphism, #ImmunogeneticVariation, or even #PoliticalParties. But confirming this empirically is a challenge.
#BalancingSelection #FitnessLandscape
#EvolutionarySimulation