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The validity of the optimum model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

A. Robertson*
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh

Extract

The paper discussed the value of the ‘Optimum Model” in describing the inter-relationship between metric characters and natural fitness. This model represents one extreme of a whole spectrum of models. It can be used to predict changes in the mean of the character under natural selection, but the basic premises underlying such use are not well understood.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1974 

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