Keyword

directional selection

Description: Directional selection is a form of natural selection that favors one extreme of a heritable trait, shifting its distribution in a population.

Primary topic: Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (20%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q764759

OpenAlex ID: keywords/directional-selection

FAST‐TRACK: Integrating QTL mapping and genome scans towards the characterization of candidate loci under parallel selection in the lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

2004 · S. M. ROGERS, L. BERNATCHEZ · Molecular Ecology · 5,091

Host–microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

2012 · Luke Jostins, Stephan Ripke, et al. · Nature · 4,714

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Adaptive versus non‐adaptive phenotypic plasticity and the potential for contemporary adaptation in new environments

2007 · C. K. GHALAMBOR, J. K. McKAY, et al. · Functional Ecology · 3,660

Evolutionary quantitative genetics

1998 · Choice Reviews Online · 1,307

Identifying adaptive genetic divergence among populations from genome scans

2004 · Mark A. Beaumont, David J. Balding · Molecular Ecology · 1,129

An evolutionary perspective on synonymous codon usage in unicellular organisms

1986 · Paul M. Sharp, Wen-Hsiung Li · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1,012

The Effect of Selection on Genetic Variability

1971 · M. G. Bulmer · The American Naturalist · 987

Facial shape and judgements of female attractiveness

1994 · D. I. Perrett, K. A May, et al. · Nature · 849

Evaluation of the Rate of Evolution in Natural Populations of Guppies ( Poecilia reticulata )

1997 · David N. Reznick, Frank H. Shaw, et al. · Science · 814

Homologues, Natural Kinds and the Evolution of Modularity

1996 · GÜNTER P. WAGNER · American Zoologist · 806

Fluctuating Asymmetry: an Epigenetic Measure of Stress

1990 · P. A. PARSONS · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 772

The population ecology of contemporary adaptations: What empirical studies reveal about the conditions that promote adaptive evolution

2001 · David N. Reznick, Cameron K. Ghalambor · Contemporary issues in genetics and evolution · 734

Measuring and comparing evolvability and constraint in multivariate characters

2008 · T. F. HANSEN, D. HOULE · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · 709

The evolution of trade‐offs: where are we?

2006 · D. A. ROFF, D. J. FAIRBAIRN · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · 698

Loss of Genetic Diversity from Managed Populations: Interacting Effects of Drift, Mutation, Immigration, Selection, and Population Subdivision

1987 · ROBERT C. LACY · Conservation Biology · 666

Evolution and Extinction in a Changing Environment: a Quantitative‐genetic Analysis

1995 · Reinhard Bürger, Michael Lynch · Evolution · 653

Antagonistic coevolution between a bacterium and a bacteriophage

2002 · A. Buckling, P. B.. Rainey · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 640

Detecting a Local Signature of Genetic Hitchhiking Along a Recombining Chromosome

2002 · Yuseob Kim, Wolfgang Stephan · Genetics · 631

Genetic Models of Adaptation and Gene Flow in Peripheral Populations

1997 · Gisela García‐Ramos, Mark Kirkpatrick · Evolution · 626

On the resolution of the lek paradox

2008 · J KOTIAHO, N LEBAS, et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 619

Directional Selection and the Evolution of Breeding Date in Birds

1988 · Trevor Price, Mark Kirkpatrick, et al. · Science · 612

Visualizing Multivariate Selection

1989 · Patrick C. Phillips, Stevan J. Arnold · Evolution · 587

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Genetic Covariance of Fitness Correlates: What Genetic Correlations Are Made of and Why It Matters

1991 · David Houle · Evolution · 583

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Antler Size in Red Deer: Heritability and Selection but No Evolution

2002 · Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Jon Slate, et al. · Evolution · 567

Fluctuating asymmetry: a biological monitor of environmental and genomic stress

1992 · P A Parsons · Heredity · 561

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Works count: 3,530

Citation count: 143,200