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The ‘algebra of evolution’: the Robertson–Price identity and viability selection for body mass in a wild bird population

By the Robertson–Price identity, the change in a quantitative trait owing to selection, is equal to the trait's covariance with relative fitness. In this study, we applied the identity to long-term data on superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus, to estimate phenotypic and genetic change owing to ju...

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Autores principales: Hajduk, G. K., Walling, C. A., Cockburn, A., Kruuk, L. E. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7133512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32146880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0359