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Unmeasured prior viability selection resolves the paradox of stasis for body size in wild Soay sheep.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Dec 2025

Mittell Elizabeth A, Pemberton Josephine M, Kruuk Loeske E B, Morrissey Michael B

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The estimation of natural selection is used to understand ecological and evolutionary processes in wild populations and is often used to predict change. However, the direct application of quantitative genetic methods, originally developed in animal breeding, has been less successful in the wild; in particular, predictions of evolutionary change are often made that are not observed. This misprediction, known as...

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PMID: 41296726
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2513969122
PMCID: PMC12685024

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