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Strength and tempo of directional selection in the wild.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Jul 2001
Hoekstra H E, Hoekstra J M, Berrigan D, Vignieri S N, Hoang A, Hill C E, Beerli P, Kingsolver J G
Abstract excerpt
Directional selection is a major force driving adaptation and evolutionary change. However, the distribution, strength, and tempo of phenotypic selection acting on quantitative traits in natural populations remain unclear across different study systems. We reviewed the literature (1984-1997) that reported the strength of directional selection as indexed by standardized linear selection gradients (beta). We asked...
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