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ANTLER SIZE IN RED DEER: HERITABILITY AND SELECTION BUT NO EVOLUTION
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We present estimates of the selection on and the heritability of a male secondary sexual weapon in a wild population: antler size in red deer. Male red deer with large antlers had increased lifetime breeding success, both before and after correcting for body size, generating a standardized selection gradient of 0.44 (+/- 0.18 SE). Despite substantial age- and environment-related variation, antler size was also heritable (heritability of antler mass = 0.33 +/- 0.12). However the observed selection did not generate an evolutionary response in antler size over the study period of nearly 30 years, and there was no evidence of a positive genetic correlation between antler size and fitness nor of a positive association between breeding values for antler size and fitness. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that a heritable trait under directional selection will not evolve if associations between the measured trait and fitness are determined by environmental covariances: In red deer males, for example, both antler size and success in the fights for mates may be heavily dependent on an individual's nutritional state.
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- Authors
- Kruuk, L. E. B., Slate, J., Pemberton, J. M., Brotherstone, S., Guinness, F., & Clutton-Brock, T.
- Venue
- Evolution
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2002-08
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1683-1695
- ISSN
- 0014-3820 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-5646
- OpenAlex
- W2125428236
- Cited by
- 566
- References
- 64
- FWCI
- 28.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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