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Selection Limits

Selection Limits is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that denotes the point at which a phenotypic trait no longer responds to directional selection due to the exhaustion of additive genetic variance or the opposing effects of selective constraints.

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2017–2026

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Selection Plateaus

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Publications

105

The effect of linkage on limits to artificial selection

William G. Hill, Alan Robertson · Genetics Research · 1966 · 2K citations · Full text

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Gene flow and the limits to natural selection

Thomas Lenormand · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2002 · 1.9K citations

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The effect of linkage on limits to artificial selection

William G. Hill, Alan Robertson · Genetics Research · 2007 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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A REASSESSMENT OF GENETIC LIMITS TO EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE

Mark W. Blows, Ary A. Hoffmann · Ecology · 2005 · 621 citations · Full text

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A theory of limits in artificial selection

A. Robertson · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1960 · 552 citations

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Authors

196

  1. WG
    William G. Hill

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 3.7K citations

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  2. AA
    Ary A. Hoffmann

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    3 publications · 707 citations

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  3. AR
    Alan Robertson

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 3.7K citations

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  4. MW
    Mark W. Blows

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    2 publications · 690 citations

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  5. MJ
    Martha J. Farah

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 96 citations

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Institutions

121

  1. Institute of Animal Physiology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Košice, Slovakia

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    717 citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    65 citations

  3. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    364 citations

  4. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    893 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    928 citations

  6. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    182 citations

  7. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    255 citations

  8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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  1. Genetics Research

    13 publications · 4.2K citations

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 6 publications · 252 citations

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  3. Genetics

    6 publications · 149 citations

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  4. Heredity

    6 publications · 264 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 5 publications · 403 citations

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