Meta-analytic evidence that sexual selection improves population fitness
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10074-7
Abstract: Sexual selection has manifold ecological and evolutionary consequences, making its net effect on population fitness difficult to predict. A powerful empirical test is to experimentally manipulate sexual selection and then determine how population fitness evolves.… read more here.
Keywords: sexual selection; meta analytic; selection; population fitness ... See more keywords
Balanced genetic diversity improves population fitness
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2045
Abstract: Although genetic diversity within a population is suggested to improve population-level fitness and productivity, the existence of these effects is controversial because empirical evidence for an ecological effect of genetic diversity and the underlying mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; genetic diversity; effect; population ... See more keywords
How frequency‐dependent selection affects population fitness, maladaptation and evolutionary rescue
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.12714
Abstract: Frequency‐dependent (FD) selection is a central process maintaining genetic variation and mediating evolution of population fitness. FD selection has attracted interest from researchers in a wide range of biological subdisciplines, including evolutionary genetics, behavioural ecology… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary rescue; frequency; selection; population ... See more keywords