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Unpredictable evolution in a 30-year study of Darwin's finches.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 26 Apr 2002
Grant Peter R, Grant B Rosemary
Abstract excerpt
Evolution can be predicted in the short term from a knowledge of selection and inheritance. However, in the long term evolution is unpredictable because environments, which determine the directions and magnitudes of selection coefficients, fluctuate unpredictably. These two features of evolution, the predictable and unpredictable, are demonstrated in a study of two populations of Darwin's finches on the Galápagos...
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