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Levels of additive genetic variation vary substantially between species.

PLoS biology - 1 Jun 2026

Zijmers Lillith C, Abson Katie L, Hadfield Jarrod D, Eyre-Walker Adam

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A population's ability to adapt is determined by its levels of additive genetic variance (VA), and while it is agreed that most organisms have genetic variation for most traits, the extent to which it varies between species is poorly characterized. Here, we investigate this question by compiling 3,209 and 1,852 estimates of heritability and evolvability (the additive genetic variance divided by the square of the...

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PMID: 42313750
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003819
PMCID: PMC13278422

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