The regression of offspring on midparent in a random breeding stock gives a basis for predicting the course of directional selection for only a few generations. The most typical course is a sigmoid ...

Researchers report correlations between relative lifetime reproductive success (rLRS) and human genetic variants associated with certain traits, such as height and age at first birth in females and ...

Analyses of more than 2000 marked barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) in the largest Baltic colony, Sweden, showed that structurally large females generally produced larger clutches and larger eggs, ...