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Biologists on trade-offs

Russell Davies

Russell Davies

24 Oct 2025
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Biologists on trade-offs

Biologist folk (especially in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, but it don’t matter): Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.

— C. Brandon Ogbunu (@cbo.bsky.social) 2025-07-27T00:21:15.559Z

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