Marlene Cimons, National Science Foundation | April 28, 2014 07:22pm ET
This Behind the Scenes article was provided to Live Science in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
One of Charles Darwin's hypotheses posits that closely related species will compete for food and other resources
more strongly with one another than with distant relatives, because they occupy similar ecological niches. Most biologists long have accepted this to be true.
more strongly with one another than with distant relatives, because they occupy similar ecological niches. Most biologists long have accepted this to be true.
Thus, three researchers were more than a little shaken to find that their experiments on fresh water
green algae failed to support Darwin's theory — at least in one case.
green algae failed to support Darwin's theory — at least in one case.
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