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Selection gradients, the opportunity for selection, and the coefficient of determination.
The American naturalist - 1 Mar 2013
Moorad Jacob A, Wade Michael J
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Abstract We derive the relationship between R(2) (the coefficient of determination), selection gradients, and the opportunity for selection for univariate and multivariate cases. Our main result is to show that the portion of the opportunity for selection that is caused by variation for any trait is equal to the product of its selection gradient and its selection differential. This relationship is a corollary of...
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