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ArticleEvolution letters2023

The evolution of genetic covariance and modularity as a result of multigenerational environmental fluctuation.

Isabela do O, Michael C Whitlock

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Article in Evolution letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Module-Selection Balance in the Evolution of Modular Organisms.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  7. Evolution of cross-tolerance to metals in yeast.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  10. Polygenic response of sex chromosomes to sexual antagonism.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Isabela do ODepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Vaud, Switzerland.
Michael C WhitlockZoology Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genetic covariance between traits can affect the evolution of a population through selection, drift, and migration. Conversely, research has demonstrated the reciprocal effect of evolutionary processes on changing genetic covariances, in part through mutational covariance, correlational selection, and plasticity. In this article, we propose that correlated changes in selective optima over generations can cause the evolution of genetic covariance and the

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changing environmentsgenetic covarianceG-matrixmodularitypleiotropy

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PMID38045721
PMCPMC10692997

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