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Phenotypic Optima

Phenotypic Optima is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that represents the most adaptive phenotypic value under stabilizing selection, distinguished from other fitness landscapes by specifying the single phenotype associated with maximal fitness in a given environment.

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2017–2026

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Evolutionary Trade-Offs, Pareto Optimality, and the Geometry of Phenotype Space

Oren Shoval, Hila Sheftel, Guy Shinar et al. · Science · 2012 · 700 citations

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Optima and Limiting Factors

F. F. Blackman · Annals of Botany · 1905 · 691 citations · Full text

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Sexual selection, sexual conflict and the evolution of ageing and life span

Russell Bonduriansky, Alexei A. Maklakov, Felix Zajitschek et al. · Functional Ecology · 2008 · 548 citations

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Potential responses to climate change in organisms with complex life histories: evolution and plasticity in Pacific salmon

Lisa G. Crozier, Andrew P. Hendry, Peter W. Lawson et al. · Evolutionary Applications · 2008 · 507 citations · Full text

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Evolutionarily unstable fitness maxima and stable fitness minima of continuous traits

Peter A. Abrams, Hiroyuki Matsuda, Yasushi Harada · Evolutionary Ecology · 1993 · 386 citations

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Authors

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  1. AA
    Alexei A. Maklakov

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    3 publications · 731 citations

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  2. JL
    Joseph L. Tomkins

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 54 citations

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  3. BA
    Bruno A. Buzatto

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 54 citations

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  4. LW
    Leigh W. Simmons

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 204 citations

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  5. GD
    Gerdien de Jong

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 114 citations

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Institutions

193

  1. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    307 citations

  2. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    535 citations

  3. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    906 citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    407 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    336 citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    618 citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    226 citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Evolution

    21 publications · 1K citations

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  3. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    4 publications · 75 citations

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  4. Functional Ecology

    4 publications · 676 citations

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  5. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 4 publications · 148 citations

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