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Optimal Trait Values

Optimal Trait Values is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that identifies the specific phenotypic trait values maximizing fitness under stabilizing selection, distinguishing it from alternative trait values by representing the evolutionary equilibrium where deviations reduce individual adaptability.

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2017–2026

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Selection in Captivity during Supportive Breeding May Reduce Fitness in the Wild

Michael J. Ford · Conservation Biology · 2002 · 388 citations

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Optimality Models and the Test of Adaptationism

Steven Hecht Orzack, Elliott Sober · The American Naturalist · 1994 · 333 citations

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Alternative Designs and the Evolution of Functional Diversity

Christian O. Marks, Martin J. Lechowicz · The American Naturalist · 2005 · 269 citations

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Do community-weighted mean functional traits reflect optimal strategies?

Robert Muscarella, María Uriarte · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2016 · 224 citations · Full text

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Quantitative genetics and evolution: Is our understanding of genetics sufficient to explain evolution?

R. G. Beilharz, B. G. Luxford, J L Wilkinson · Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics · 1993 · 197 citations

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Authors

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  1. SS
    Serik Sagitov

    Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  2. JD
    Jarrod D. Hadfield

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  3. JP
    Justin P. Wright

    Duke University, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. KJ
    Kevin J. Flynn

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  5. ÅB
    Åke Brännström

    Umeå University, Sweden

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

94

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    523 citations

  2. Chalmers University of Technology

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    42 citations

  3. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    42 citations

  4. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    173 citations

  5. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    42 citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    136 citations

  7. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    262 citations

  8. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    185 citations

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  1. The American Naturalist

    AN · 4 publications · 660 citations

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  3. Journal of Plankton Research

    3 publications · 93 citations

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  4. Evolution

    3 publications · 41 citations

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  5. Ecology Letters

    2 publications · 149 citations

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