THE MEASUREMENT OF SELECTION ON CORRELATED CHARACTERS

@article{Lande1983THEMO,
  title={THE MEASUREMENT OF SELECTION ON CORRELATED CHARACTERS},
  author={Russell Lande and Stevan J. Arnold},
  journal={Evolution},
  year={1983},
  volume={37}
}
Natural selection acts on phenotypes, regardless of their genetic basis, and produces immediate phenotypic effects within a generation that can be measured without recourse to principles of heredity or evolution. In contrast, evolutionary response to selection, the genetic change that occurs from one generation to the next, does depend on genetic variation. Animal and plant breeders routinely distinguish phenotypic selection from evolutionary response to selection (Mayo, 1980; Falconer, 1981… Expand
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