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9 years ago
Im writing about the cleaning symbiosis, and if they are likely to evolve as a geographic mosaic.
But I'm not sure what geographic mosaic means?
Can anyone help?
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9 years ago
According to one source:

Geographic mosaic theory of coevolution, in ecology, the theory postulating that the long-term dynamics of coevolution may occur over large geographic ranges rather than within local populations. It is based on the observation that a species may adapt and become specialized to another species differently in separate regions. A species that is involved in an interspecific interaction in one geographic area may not even be present in another geographic area. This geographic mosaic in evolving interactions provides the raw material for the overall direction of coevolution, which proceeds as genes that are favoured in local interactions spread out into other populations.
Source  Britannica
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