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Reversal of response to artificial selection on body size in a wild passerine.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Aug 2017

Kvalnes Thomas, Ringsby Thor Harald, Jensen Henrik, Hagen Ingerid Julie, Rønning Bernt, Pärn Henrik, Holand Håkon, Engen Steinar, Saether Bernt-Erik

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A general assumption in quantitative genetics is the existence of an intermediate phenotype with higher mean individual fitness in the average environment than more extreme phenotypes. Here, we investigate the evolvability and presence of such a phenotype in wild bird populations from an eleven-year experiment with four years of artificial selection for long and short tarsus length, a proxy for body size. The...

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PMID: 28568476
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13277

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