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P. Van Den Ende; Predator-Prey interactions in continuous culture. Science 181:562-564, 1973
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The exploitation of a bacterial food supply by a protozoan predator does not necessarily lead to the extinction of either species. Even a "homogeneous" experimental system contains sufficient heterogeneity (the boundaries) for avoidance strategies to evolve, which allow the populations to persist.