Host-parasite coevolution can promote the evolution of seed banking as a bet-hedging strategy

Seed (egg) banking is a common bet-hedging strategy maximizing the fitness of organisms facing environmental unpredictability by the delayed emergence of offspring. Yet, this condition often requires fast and drastic stochastic shifts between good and bad years. We hypothesize that the host seed
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Putney, who has worked in commercial banking for 31 years, now serves as the senior vice president, Hampton Roads market executive, of Virginia Commonwealth Bank. According to a press release from VCB, the announcement “comes after several months of discussions about the opportunities that
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Ten months ago, in the wake of a stunning four-game sweep at the hands of the Nashville Predators, Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman stood at a lectern before a throng of reporters, clutched his notes, looked directly into the cameras and tried to sound as furious as possible. “I'm completely
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A bill to encourage banks to share premises to avoid communities being left with no branches has been proposed by a Plaid Cymru MP. Ben Lake said banks should be helped to “co-locate rather than completely vacate our rural communities”. He said the legislation would also make it harder to close
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Job Description:Bank of America's Commercial Real Estate Team is seeking a Relationship Manager (RM). Bank of America is one of the largestproviders of construction, development, and permanent financi…
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Users were shown images of official mobile banking apps and the fake equivalents. Worryingly, 58% identified the valid app as being a fake and 36% mistook the fake app for the real app. Interestingly when comparing different countries, 67% of users in Spain misidentified the real app. In the US that
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Bitwala has announced that it is launching a new banking service with real debit cards. Its application with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany (Bafin) is pending. Once approved, customers' funds will be guaranteed up to €100,000. The move follows the suspension of the company's
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Ottawa is going to study the merits of introducing “open banking,” which allows consumers' financial data to be shared between banks and other financial services providers, to see if it should be introduced in Canada. It has already been adopted by jurisdictions including the United Kingdom and
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Northview continues to monitor interest rates to identify opportunities for reducing its overall borrowing cost. During the three months ended December 31, 2017, Northview completed $164.9 million in mortgage financing with a weighted average interest rate of 2.77% and an average term to maturity of
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Bank of America said it plans to hire more than 5,400 people as part of a plan to open more than 500 branches nationwide and refurbish older locations. The Charlotte-based bank wants to open the branches over the next four years, it said in an announcement this week – in which it also disclosed plans
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LYNN — RiverWorks Credit Union has been certified a U.S. Small Business Administration participating lender, which will help them make more member business loans. “The SBA (Small Business Administration) is an agency of the federal government so this is a national loan program that we have,”
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According to a statement issued by the companies, the closing is expected to close in the second half of this year, with enough available cash on PHH's balance sheet to enable $260 million of the $360 million purchase price to be funded from that source. Ocwen will also assume $119 million of PHH's
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BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Total assets in China's banking sector saw steady growth in the past few years despite economic headwinds, with leading domestic players assuming greater presence in the global system. By the end of 2017, the total assets of China's banking industry reached 252 trillion
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Cyberattacks have made weekly — and sometimes even daily — headlines in recent months, from landmark data breaches such as those experienced by credit bureau Equifax and insurance provider Anthem. And mortgage companies are increasingly a target, says one expert who has studied the
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“First National's efficient business model and diversified position as Canada's largest non-bank mortgage lender and largest commercial mortgage lender delivered strong shareholder returns in 2017,” said Stephen Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “After-tax Pre-Fair Market Value return on
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With over two billion mobile phone users across the world expected to use mobile banking apps and services by 2020, Trend Micro also observed a major rise in banking malware attacks on mobile devices, while describing new variants as more obfuscated, persistent, and flexible. Overall, the firm
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Following Bangladesh Bank heist in 2016 of USD 81 million, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued an advisory to all the banks asking them to ensure that their computer systems running core banking solutions (CBS) were properly integrated, wherever required, with SWIFT (Society for Worldwide
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The acquisition will not cover the Silverton Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides mortgage and rent assistance for families with hospitalized and critically ill children. The foundation will continue to operate under the direction of Moffitt and its volunteer committee with support from loans
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (“MITT” or the “Company”) (NYSE: MITT) today reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2017. AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. is a hybrid mortgage REIT that opportunistically invests in a diversified
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Maybe those rumors about the demise of bank branches are being greatly exaggerated, after all. While some big banks are pulling the plug on their physical locations as more customers go digital, a couple of major players are bucking the trend and getting ready to open hundreds of new branches over
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