Environmental coupling of selection and heritability limits evolution.

There has recently been great interest in applying theoretical quantitative genetic models to empirical studies of evolution in wild populations. However, while classical models assume environmental constancy, most natural populations exist in variable environments. Here, we applied a novel analytic...

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Main Authors: A J Wilson, J M Pemberton, J G Pilkington, D W Coltman, D V Mifsud, T H Clutton-Brock, L E B Kruuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-07-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040216