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Relaxed selection in the wild.

Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Sept 2009

Lahti David C, Johnson Norman A, Ajie Beverly C, Otto Sarah P, Hendry Andrew P, Blumstein Daniel T, Coss Richard G, Donohue Kathleen, Foster Susan A

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Natural populations often experience the weakening or removal of a source of selection that had been important in the maintenance of one or more traits. Here we refer to these situations as 'relaxed selection,' and review recent studies that explore the effects of such changes on traits in their ecological contexts. In a few systems, such as the loss of armor in stickleback, the genetic, developmental and...

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PMID: 19500875
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.010

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