Sentence examples for phenotypic trends from inspiring English sources

The overall genetic trend since 1985 was positive at 0.02% twinning/yr, whereas the phenotypic trends were positive for parities 3 and 4 and negative for the other parities, but all trends were quite small.

However, such an interpretation of phenotypic trends relies on two currently unaddressed questions: (i) are these phenotypic changes adaptive?

Hence, caution must be used when interpretating temporal phenotypic trends to avoid adaptive storytelling (Gould and Lewontin 1979).

Overall, it seems safe to conclude that plasticity often makes a strong contribution to phenotypic trends associated with contemporary climate change.

Because this relationship arose in a comparison across species and systems, it strengthens the assertion that fishing intensity is one driver of the observed phenotypic trends.

This approach compares observed phenotypic trends to predictions from evolutionary models, such as the breeder's equation or its multivariate equivalent (Lynch and Walsh 1998).

When the phenotypic trend decreased (improved), the genetic trends increased (improved).

The phenotypic trend was similar to the genetic trends (Fig.  2).

It is not easy to find a common phenotypic trend in the lists of species where A isoform is lost.

The phenotypic trend for feather pecking during the 11 generations of selection is shown in Fig.  1.

By extension, the portion of the phenotypic trend not explained by genetic change is likely to result from plasticity.