Bigger Is Fitter? Quantitative Genetic Decomposition of Selection Reveals an Adaptive Evolutionary Decline of Body Mass in a Wild Rodent Population
T. Bonnet, P. Wandeler, G. Camenisch, E. Postma
The paper uses quantitative genetic analysis of long-term wild rodent data to show genetic decline in body mass despite phenotypic stasis, revealing an adaptive evolutionary response to environmental changes.
PLOS Biology · Jan 26, 2017Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology