A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Unifying selection acts on competitive ability and relative growth rate in Scabiosa columbaria
Authors: Scheepens JF, Stocklin J, Pluess AR
Publisher: ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
Publication year: 2010
Journal:: Basic and Applied Ecology
Journal name in source: BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
Journal acronym: BASIC APPL ECOL
Volume: 11
Issue: 7
First page : 612
Last page: 618
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 1439-1791
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.08.008
Abstract
This conclusion is restricted by the limits of the used methodology. Q(ST) < F(ST) cannot always be considered as a proof for unifying selection, because in complex traits the assumption of purely additive effects of underlying genes may be violated. However, given the large differences between Q(ST) and G(ST), together with substantial heritabilities of the traits under study, we conclude that our findings are not in contradiction with the hypothesis of unifying selection.
This conclusion is restricted by the limits of the used methodology. Q(ST) < F(ST) cannot always be considered as a proof for unifying selection, because in complex traits the assumption of purely additive effects of underlying genes may be violated. However, given the large differences between Q(ST) and G(ST), together with substantial heritabilities of the traits under study, we conclude that our findings are not in contradiction with the hypothesis of unifying selection.
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