Nematode research shows stress resistance tied to reproductive fitness

(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems in most everything in life there is a tradeoff. If you work more, for example, you’re likely to do better in your career, but, unfortunately, your personal life is likely to suffer. So it seems only natural to expect that nature has to deal with trade-offs as well. Take the lowly nematode, for example, researchers in Spain have found that those individuals that are better at dealing with changing environmental conditions, wind up developing more slowly than others and as a result, fare less well in reproducing. The team has published the results of their study in the journal Science.

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