A new metric to calculate the opportunity for selection on quantitative characters

Background: Evolutionary changes in natural populations can occur on ecological time scales. Investigators have become very interested in characterizing short-term fluctuations in selection pressure, in identifying the circumstances under which the opportunity for selection is greatest, and in deter...

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Main Authors: Pelletier, F, Coulson, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012