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The Role of (Co)variation in Shaping the Response to Selection in New World Leaf-Nosed Bats.
The American naturalist - 1 Apr 2024
Rossoni Daniela M, Patterson Bruce D, Marroig Gabriel, Cheverud James M, Houle David
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AbstractUnderstanding and predicting the evolutionary responses of complex morphological traits to selection remains a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Because traits are genetically correlated, selection on a particular trait produces both direct effects on the distribution of that trait and indirect effects on other traits in the population. The correlations between traits can strongly impact...
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