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Selection on skewed characters and the paradox of stasis.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2017

Bonamour Suzanne, Teplitsky Céline, Charmantier Anne, Crochet Pierre-André, Chevin Luis-Miguel

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Observed phenotypic responses to selection in the wild often differ from predictions based on measurements of selection and genetic variance. An overlooked hypothesis to explain this paradox of stasis is that a skewed phenotypic distribution affects natural selection and evolution. We show through mathematical modeling that, when a trait selected for an optimum phenotype has a skewed distribution, directional...

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PMID: 28921508
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13368
PMCID: PMC5959001

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