Publication Date:
1988-05-06
Description:
In many bird species, those pairs that breed earlier in the season have higher reproductive success than those that breed later. Since breeding date is known to be heritable, it is unclear why it does not evolve to an earlier time. Under assumptions outlined by Fisher, a model is developed that shows how breeding date may have considerable additive genetic variance, appear to be under directional selection, and yet not evolve. These results provide a general explanation for a persistent correlation of fitness with a variety of traits in natural populations.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Price, T -- Kirkpatrick, M -- Arnold, S J -- 1R01GM3549201/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 May 6;240(4853):798-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3363360" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Biological Evolution
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Birds/*physiology
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Female
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Fertility
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Genetic Variation
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Nutritional Status
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*Reproduction
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*Seasons
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*Selection, Genetic
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Time Factors
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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