Appears in collection : 2022 - T1 - WS3 - Mathematical models in ecology and evolution

A longstanding aim of evolutionary biology is to identify and characterize the processes that maintain genetic diversity counteracting its loss from directional selection and genetic drift. In 1949 JBS Haldane suggested that antagonistic coevolution should maintain variation due to its negative-frequency-dependent-like reciprocal natural selection. Here I will present some recent and ongoing work on testing the robustness of this component of the Red Queen Hypothesis. Specifically, I will examine if and how interactions bet-ween three ecological processes (species interactions, habitat structure, and population dynamics) impact the evolution of genetic diversity. In doing so I will highlight important overarching principles and practices of eco-evolutionary modelling.