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Evolution of variation and variability under fluctuating, stabilizing, and disruptive selection.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2010
Pélabon Christophe, Hansen Thomas F, Carter Ashley J R, Houle David
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How variation and variability (the capacity to vary) may respond to selection remain open questions. Indeed, effects of different selection regimes on variational properties, such as canalization and developmental stability are under debate. We analyzed the patterns of among- and within-individual variation in two wing-shape characters in populations of Drosophila melanogaster maintained under fluctuating,...
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