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Sex-Specific Variance in Fitness and the Efficacy of Selection.
The American naturalist - 1 May 2022
Singh Amardeep, Agrawal Aneil F
Abstract excerpt
AbstractVariance in fitness is thought to be greater in males than in females in many species. If this is so, there are two potentially contradictory consequences on the efficacy of selection (Nes): greater variance in fitness may allow stronger selection (i.e., increased s), but it will also cause stronger genetic drift (i.e., reduced Ne). We develop a simple model to ask how the stronger condition dependency of...
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