Natural selection and inheritance of breeding time and clutch size in the collared flycatcher.

Many characteristics of organisms in free-living populations appear to be under directional selection, possess additive genetic variance, and yet show no evolutionary response to selection. Avian breeding time and clutch size are often-cited examples of such characters. We report analyses of inherit...

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Main Authors: Sheldon, B, Kruuk, L, Merilä, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003