Everything about Stabilizing selection
Type of selection in evolution where a trait stabilizes around the average value
Stabilizing selection is a type of natural selection in which the population mean stabilizes on a particular non-extreme trait value. This is thought to be the most common mechanism of action for natural selection because most traits do not appear to change drastically over time. Stabilizing selection commonly uses negative selection to select against extreme values of the character. Stabilizing selection is the opposite of disruptive selection. Instead of favoring individuals with extreme phenotypes, it favors the intermediate variants. Stabilizing selection tends to remove the more severe phenotypes, resulting in the reproductive success of the norm or average phenotypes. This means that most common phenotype in the population is selected for and continues to dominate in future generations. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Stabilizing selectionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Stability of feature selection algorithm: A reviewInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Parlamente und ihre FunktionenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and EvidenceCited 5,130 times
- Go sideways: Directional selectionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Polymorphism (biology)A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Evidence
STABILIZING SELECTION AND THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADAPTATION
Stabilizing Selection and the Comparative Analysis of Adaptation
EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR MULTIVARIATE STABILIZING SEXUAL SELECTION
Stabilizing Selection, Purifying Selection, and Mutational Bias in Finite Populations
Pleiotropy, apparent stabilizing selection and uncovering fitness optima
Evidence for Stabilizing and Apostatic Selection by Wild Blackbirds
STABILIZING SELECTION AND VARIANCE IN FIG WASP SEX RATIOS
🆕 Influential since 2022
Stability of feature selection algorithm: A review
Population differentiation of polygenic score predictions under stabilizing selection
Stabilizing Zinc Anode through Ion Selection Sieving for Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries
Stabilizing selection on Atlantic cod supergenes through a millennium of extensive exploitation
Stabilizing nonlinear model predictive control under Denial-of-Service attack via dynamic samples selection
📚 Books worth reading
Parlamente und ihre FunktionenWerner J. Patzelt · 2003- 📕Institutionalitat Und SymbolisierungDetlef Knipping · 2001
- 📕Globalisation of financial markets and financial stabilityChrista Randzio-Plath · 2001
Europas Tragik: Ex-Jugoslawien zwischen Hoffnung und ResignationHeiner Timmermann, Aleksandar Jakir · 2002- 📕Nomination of Roger L. PutnamUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency · 1952
- 📕Confirmation of Michael V. Di SalleUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency · 1950
Machtkonflikt in AlgerienThomas Hasel · 2002- 📕Geltungsgeschichten: uber die Stabilisierung und Legitimierung institutioneller OrdnungenGert Melville, Hans Vorländer · 2002
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