Explore: Red Queen Hypothesis

The Red Queen's hypothesis is a hypothesis in evolutionary biology proposed in 1973, that species must constantly adapt, evolve, and proliferate in order

refining and fleshing out the hypothesis. The name of the hypothesis—"Black Queen hypothesis"—is a play on the Red Queen hypothesis, an earlier theory of coevolution

hypothesis contrasts the Red Queen hypothesis. The term "Court Jester hypothesis" was coined by Anthony Barnosky in 1999 in allusion to the Red Queen

of a certain species to adapt to changes in their environment—see Red Queen hypothesis. As an illustration of the relativistic effect that nothing can ever

Van Valen proposed the Red Queen hypothesis (1973), as an explanatory tangent to the Law of Extinction. The Red Queen Hypothesis captures the idea that

assist sexual individuals in resisting parasites, also known as the Red Queen hypothesis. When an environment changes, previously neutral or deleterious alleles

The Red King hypothesis contrasts with the Red Queen hypothesis, where mutualistic and cooperative interactions favor the fitness of a set of individuals

parasite will not be able to reproduce either. Another theory, the Red Queen hypothesis, proposes that since both host and parasite have to keep on evolving

The Red Queen is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Lewis Carroll's fantasy 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass. She is often confused

selection that undergoes a frequency-dependent cycle—this is called the Red Queen hypothesis. There is evidence that many vertebrates, including humans, select