Solving the paradox of stasis: Squashed stabilizing selection and the limits of detection

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 483-500

  Haller, Benjamin C ^a   Hendry, Andrew P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Directional selection; Disruptive selection; Fitness landscape; Frequency dependent selection; Selection gradient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITION; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; DIVERSIFYING SELECTION; FITNESS LANDSCAPE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT SELECTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SELECTION GRADIENT;

COMPETITION; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; DISRUPTIVE SELECTION; FITNESS LANDSCAPE; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION; SELECTION GRADIENT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84898923747     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12275     Document Type: Article

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