Quantitative Genetics of the Aging of Reproductive Traits in the Houbara Bustard.

Do all traits within an organism age for the same reason? Evolutionary theories of aging share a common assumption: the strength of natural selection declines with age. A corollary is that additive genetic variance should increase with age. However, not all senescent traits display such increases su...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Chantepie, Alexandre Robert, Gabriele Sorci, Yves Hingrat, Anne Charmantier, Gwénaëlle Leveque, Frédéric Lacroix, Céline Teplitsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133140