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The role of selection and evolution in changing parturition date in a red deer population.
PLoS biology - 1 Nov 2019
Bonnet Timothée, Morrissey Michael B, Morris Alison, Morris Sean, Clutton-Brock Tim H, Pemberton Josephine M, Kruuk Loeske E B
Abstract excerpt
Changing environmental conditions cause changes in the distributions of phenotypic traits in natural populations. However, determining the mechanisms responsible for these changes-and, in particular, the relative contributions of phenotypic plasticity versus evolutionary responses-is difficult. To our knowledge, no study has yet reported evidence that evolutionary change underlies the most widely reported...
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