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. 2005 Sep 15;272(1579):2441–2447. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3229

Table 1.

Evolving a means to avoid predation.

b>c [b=2, c=1] b<c [b=1, c=2]
q1<q2 [q1=0.2, q2=0.8] s1<s2 [s1=0.2, s2=0.8] unprofitable: cryptic unprofitable: cryptic
profitable: cryptic profitable: cryptic
s1>s2 [s1=0.8, s2=0.2] unprofitable: conspicuous unprofitable: conspicuous
profitable: cryptic profitable: cryptic

The equilibrium morphological form exhibited by the vast majority of profitable and unprofitable prey at t=1000 under various combinations of parameters q1, q2, s1, s2, b and c. Exact parameter values given in square brackets. Other parameter values r=1, K=1000, m=0.001. These conclusions remained the same whether all prey start as form 1 (U10=500, U20=0, P10=500, P20=0) or all prey start as form 2 (U10=0, U20=500, P10=0, P20=500).