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Quantifying heritability and estimating evolutionary potential in the wild when individuals that share genes also share environments.
The Journal of animal ecology - 1 Jun 2022
Gervais Laura, Morellet Nicolas, David Ingrid, Hewison Mark, Réale Denis, Goulard Michel, Chaval Yannick, Lourtet Bruno, Cargnelutti Bruno, Merlet Joel, Quéméré Erwan, Pujol Benoit
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Accurate heritability estimates for fitness-related traits are required to predict an organism's ability to respond to global change. Heritability estimates are theoretically expected to be inflated if, due to limited dispersal, individuals that share genes are also likely to share similar environments. However, if relatives occupy similar environments due, at least partly, to genetic variation for habitat...
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