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Inheritance of Material Wealth in a Natural Population.
Ecology letters - 1 Dec 2024
Ålund Murielle, McFarlane S Eryn, Husby Arild, Knape Jonas, Pärt Tomas, Sirkiä Päivi, Weissing Franz J, Wheatcroft David, Zhu Yishu, Qvarnström Anna
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary adaptation occurs when individuals vary in access to fitness-relevant resources and these differences in 'material wealth' are heritable. It is typically assumed that the inheritance of material wealth reflects heritable variation in the phenotypic abilities needed to acquire material wealth. We scrutinise this assumption by investigating additional mechanisms underlying the inheritance of material...
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