Error bounds for the fundamental and secondary theorems of natural selection.

doi:10.1073/pnas.88.6.2402

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Error bounds for the fundamental and secondary theorems of natural selection.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Mar 1991

Nagylaki T

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Error bounds are derived for the approximation delta Z approximately C/W, where delta Z, C, and W denote the rate of change of the mean of a character under selection, the genic (or additive genetic) covariance of the character and fitness (i.e., the covariance of the average effect on the charac...

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Alleles
Analysis of Variance
Biological Evolution
Genotype
Models, Genetic
Models, Statistical
Selection, Genetic

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