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Very low levels of direct additive genetic variance in fitness and fitness components in a red squirrel population

A trait must genetically correlate with fitness in order to evolve in response to natural selection, but theory suggests that strong directional selection should erode additive genetic variance in fitness and limit future evolutionary potential. Balancing selection has been proposed as a mechanism t...

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Autores principales: McFarlane, S Eryn, Gorrell, Jamieson C, Coltman, David W, Humphries, Murray M, Boutin, Stan, McAdam, Andrew G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.982

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