Red Queen Model Vs Court Jester Model

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There are 2 ways to look into evolution, it’s either by Red queen model or Court Jester model. The “Red Queen” model come from Darwin, it’s an evolutionary hypothesis which proposes that organisms must adapt, evolve, and survive to gain reproductive advantage. In a Red Queen world, the species diversity is depends primarily on body size, width of physiological tolerance, or adaptability. The Court Jester model is different from Red Queen model because evolution, speciation, and extinction rarely happen except in response to undeterminable changes in the environment. In a Court Jester model, species diversity depends on unfaithfulness of climate, landscape, and food supply. One can say that, the Red Queen is biotic, and The Court Jester is