Unpredictable Evolution in a 30-Year Study of Darwin's Finches

Evolution can be predicted in the short term from a knowledge of selection and inheritance. However, in the long term evolution is unpredictable because environments, which determine the directions and magnitudes of selection coefficients, fluctuate unpredictably. These two features of evolution, th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2002-04, Vol.296 (5568), p.707-711
Hauptverfasser:	Grant, Peter R., Grant, B. Rosemary
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Beak Beak - anatomy & histology beaks Biological and medical sciences Biological Evolution Birds Body Constitution Body size Climate Ecosystem Ecuador Environment Evolution Evolution (Biology) Expectation Female Female animals Finches Food Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genetic Variation Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution Genetics, Population Geospiza fortis Geospiza scandens Hybridity Hybridization, Genetic Islands Male Natural selection Phenotype Phenotypic traits Research Article Sampling Sampling Studies Seeds Selection, Genetic Sex Ratio Skewed distribution Songbirds - anatomy & histology Songbirds - genetics Songbirds - physiology Time Factors
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