Heritability of growth curve parameters and heritability of final size: a simulation study.

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Simulations of nestling growth in Great Tits (Parus major) were used to show the consequences genetic variation in the parameters of growth curves could have on the amount of genetic variation in final body weight. This was done for the case of good environmental conditions (i.e. adequate food supply), and for poor environmental conditions (food limitation). A three-parameter process-error growth model based on...

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