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Rapid depletion of genotypes with fast growth and bold personality traits from harvested fish populations.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Feb 2008
Biro Peter A, Post John R
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The possibility for fishery-induced evolution of life history traits is an important but unresolved issue for exploited fish populations. Because fisheries tend to select and remove the largest individuals, there is the evolutionary potential for lasting effects on fish production and productivity. Size selection represents an indirect mechanism of selection against rapid growth rate, because individual fish may...
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