Distribution theories for genetic line of least resistance and evolvability measures.

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Quantitative genetic theory on multivariate character evolution predicts that a population's response to directional selection is biased towards the major axis of the genetic covariance matrix G-the so-called genetic line of least resistance. Inferences on the genetic constraints in this sense have traditionally been made by measuring the angle of deviation of evolutionary trajectories from the major axis or,...

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