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stabilizing selection: a standalone construct

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Quantitative genetics

selection that favours intermediate trait values and reduces variance, measured as a negative quadratic selection gradient.

In quantitative genetics, stabilizing selection refers to selection that favours intermediate trait values and reduces variance, measured as a negative quadratic selection gradient. This meaning comes from Lande (1983) in Evolution.[1]

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References

  1. Lande, R., & Arnold, S. J. (1983). The Measurement of Selection on Correlated Characters. Evolution, 37(6), 1210-1226. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1983.tb00236.x

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