(Figure 2) Evolved virulence in metapopulations with randomly generated heterogeneous local environments. (IMAGE)

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

(Figure 2) Evolved virulence in metapopulations with randomly generated heterogeneous local environments.

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Evolved virulence is consistently higher in heterogeneous metapopulations compared to homogeneous metapopulations. Each point represents the evolved virulence in a metapopulation with randomly generated local environments that are heterogenous in terms of movement rates, birth rates, carrying capacities, or immunity-loss rates. The horizontal lines indicate the resultant average increases in the evolved virulence.

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