Predicting long-term response to selection

Predicting long-term response to selection.

Lande's equation for predicting the response of trait means to a shift in optimal trait values is tested using a stochastic simulation model. The simulated population is finite, and each individual has a finite number of loci. Therefore, selection may cause allele frequencies and distributions to change over time. Since the equation assumes constant genetic parameters, the degree to which such ...

Balancing long-term and short-term selection response

Key Issues in Designing Long-term Care Systems: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Long Term Selection: Repeatability of Response in Finite Populations

Predicting the Long Term Future

Linear and nonlinear analyses are performed on a generic carbon cycle model, exploiting available empirical information and avoiding detailed physics as far as possible. It is shown that the ability to reproduce atmospheric CO2 historical data of past decades is neither necessary nor sufficient to establish credibility for the century-timescale predictions. This is because the relevant historic...