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SUCCESSFUL adaption by a species to a particular portion of diverse environment depends not only upon the physical characteristics of that environment, but also upon the reliability with which a particular set of characteristics is encountered. A high degree of specialization might be more advantageous when environmental factors occur predictably than when they do not.
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JOHNSON, G. Relationship of Enzyme Polymorphism to Species Diversity. Nature 242, 193–194 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242193a0
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