Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Incomplete Dominance01:43

Incomplete Dominance

18.8K
Gregor Mendel's work (1822 - 1884) was primarily focused on pea plants. Through his initial experiments, he determined that every gene in a diploid cell has two variants called alleles inherited from each parent. He suggested that amongst these two alleles, one allele is dominant in character and the other recessive. The combination of alleles determines the phenotype of a gene in an organism.
18.8K
Limits to Natural Selection01:38

Limits to Natural Selection

30.0K
Organisms that are well-adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce. However, natural selection does not lead to perfectly adapted organisms. Several factors constrain natural selection.
30.0K
Inclusive Fitness00:57

Inclusive Fitness

23.6K
Most altruistic behavior—in which one animal helps another at a cost to themselves—occurs between relatives. Scientists think these altruistic behaviors evolved because they increase the inclusive fitness of the animal providing help.
23.6K
Frequency-dependent Selection01:21

Frequency-dependent Selection

20.1K
When the fitness of a trait is influenced by how common it is (i.e., its frequency) relative to different traits within a population, this is referred to as frequency-dependent selection. Frequency-dependent selection may occur between species or within a single species. This type of selection can either be positive—with more common phenotypes having higher fitness—or negative, with rarer phenotypes conferring increased fitness.
20.1K
Evolution of New Traits in Microbes01:24

Evolution of New Traits in Microbes

196
Microorganisms evolve rapidly due to their large population sizes and short generation times, often exhibiting measurable changes within days under laboratory conditions. Natural selection acts on standing genetic variation, enabling the retention and amplification of beneficial traits that confer fitness advantages in changing environments.Adaptive Pigment Regulation in RhodobacterIn Rhodobacter, a genus of purple non-sulfur bacteria, light-harvesting pigments such as bacteriochlorophyll and...
196
Cyclic Processes And Isolated Systems01:19

Cyclic Processes And Isolated Systems

2.6K
A thermodynamic system with zero heat exchange and work is an isolated system. For these systems, the internal energy remains constant.
In the case of a non-isolated system, the change in the internal energy is zero only if the process is cyclic. A thermodynamic process is considered cyclic if the system undergoes a series of changes and returns to its initial state. 
Consider a cyclic process that returns to its initial state, undergoing a four-step process. The heat transfer along each...
2.6K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Diffusion-induced instabilities promote cooperation in eco-evolutionary networks.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·2026
Same author

Symmetry-protected delay spectroscopy in oscillator networks.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)·2026
Same author

Cooperation in public goods games over uniform random hypergraphs with game transitions.

Journal of the Royal Society, Interface·2026
Same author

Rumor propagation and supervision during confrontation: An importance-driven SIRQS network model.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)·2026
Same author

Neuron-derived mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) activates microglia via the Z-DNA binding protein 1 (ZBP1)-mediated pathway in mild traumatic brain injury.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·2026
Same author

Slow spatial migration can help eradicate cooperative antimicrobial resistance in time-varying environments.

PLoS computational biology·2026

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Apr 23, 2026

How to Create and Use Binocular Rivalry
14:34

How to Create and Use Binocular Rivalry

Published on: November 10, 2010

78.0K

Cyclic dominance in evolutionary games: a review.

Attila Szolnoki1, Mauro Mobilia2, Luo-Luo Jiang3

  • 1Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 49, 1525 Budapest, Hungary szolnoki.attila@ttk.mta.hu.

Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
|September 19, 2014
PubMed
Summary

The rock-paper-scissors game demonstrates cyclic dominance, a phenomenon crucial in predator-prey dynamics and evolutionary games. This review explores pattern formation and mobility

Keywords:
coevolutioncyclical interactionsmobilitypattern formationphase transitionsself-organization

More Related Videos

Following the Dynamics of Structural Variants in Experimentally Evolved Populations
04:52

Following the Dynamics of Structural Variants in Experimentally Evolved Populations

Published on: February 3, 2023

1.2K
Daily Transfers, Archiving Populations, and Measuring Fitness in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli
15:00

Daily Transfers, Archiving Populations, and Measuring Fitness in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli

Published on: August 18, 2023

5.1K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Apr 23, 2026

How to Create and Use Binocular Rivalry
14:34

How to Create and Use Binocular Rivalry

Published on: November 10, 2010

78.0K
Following the Dynamics of Structural Variants in Experimentally Evolved Populations
04:52

Following the Dynamics of Structural Variants in Experimentally Evolved Populations

Published on: February 3, 2023

1.2K
Daily Transfers, Archiving Populations, and Measuring Fitness in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli
15:00

Daily Transfers, Archiving Populations, and Measuring Fitness in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli

Published on: August 18, 2023

5.1K

Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary Game Theory
  • Ecology
  • Statistical Physics

Background:

  • Cyclic dominance, exemplified by rock-paper-scissors, governs interactions in diverse systems.
  • This includes predator-prey relationships, mating strategies, and microbial competition.
  • Cyclic interactions are common in evolutionary games with three or more strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent advances in rock-paper-scissors (RPS) and related evolutionary games.
  • To focus on pattern formation, mobility's impact, and the emergence of cyclic dominance.
  • To highlight the utility of statistical physics in studying large-scale ecological systems.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent literature on RPS and evolutionary games.
  • Analysis of pattern formation and mobility effects.
  • Application of mean-field, zero-dimensional RPS models, and the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation.

Main Results:

  • Cyclic dominance is a prevalent phenomenon across various biological and game-theoretic systems.
  • Mobility and spatial structure significantly influence pattern formation in cyclic dominance.
  • Statistical physics provides powerful tools for understanding complex ecological dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • The rock-paper-scissors model offers valuable insights into complex ecological and evolutionary dynamics.
  • Future research should explore coevolutionary rules and multi-point interactions.
  • Understanding cyclic dominance is key to comprehending large-scale system stability and evolution.