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Quantitative genetics

selection that favours both extremes of a trait over intermediates, tending to increase variance and in experiments to split a population.

In quantitative genetics, disruptive selection refers to selection that favours both extremes of a trait over intermediates, tending to increase variance and in experiments to split a population. This meaning comes from Thoday (1959) in Heredity.[1]

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population4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs selection4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs split2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Thoday, J. M. (1959). Effects of disruptive selection: I. Genetic flexibility. Heredity, 13(2), 187-203. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1959.22

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