Article
Disruptive selection and then what?
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 May 2006
Rueffler Claus, Van Dooren Tom J M, Leimar Olof, Abrams Peter A
Abstract excerpt
Disruptive selection occurs when extreme phenotypes have a fitness advantage over more intermediate phenotypes. The phenomenon is particularly interesting when selection keeps a population in a disruptive regime. This can lead to increased phenotypic variation while disruptive selection itself is diminished or eliminated. Here, we review processes that increase phenotypic variation in response to disruptive...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Genetic Variation
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic
- Sexual Behavior, Animal