Quantitative traits show abundant genetic, environmental, and phenotypic variance, yet if they are subject to stabilizing selection for an optimal phenotype, both the genetic and environmental ...

It is generally accepted that postcopulatory sexual selection drives rapid divergence of genital morphology among isolated populations. The mode of selection operating upon genitalia can be explored ...

A type of natural selection, called "stabilizing selection," is thought to maintain functional characteristics in species. But it is difficult to find evidence of this type of selection through ...

How are humans contributing to negative selection? It's a part of evolution that can also drive some species to extinction; models of negative selection help us understand biodiversity.

A fundamental goal in biology is to predict the evolution and optimization of traits in populations undergoing natural selection. Quantitative genetics has emerged as the dominant paradigm for ...

FACTORS OF EVOLUTION : THE THEORY OF STABILIZING SELECTION BY II SCHMALHAUSEN TRANSLATED BY ISADORE DORDICK EDITED BY THEODOSIUS DOBZHANSKY WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY DAVID B WAKE ...