However, it is unlikely that the general findings reported in our paper would change qualitatively, because selection for greater reproductive investment would provide selective advantages to pike whenever adult mortality is high.
Cortical vascular density, expressed as the amount of canals per mm2 of bone area in cross-section62,63,64,65, was considered qualitatively for a modest selection of archosaurs for which high-resolution data was available, but not challenged statistically (Supplementary Data 1).
We suggest that the evolutionary dynamics of threshold traits under selection is qualitatively different from the evolution of continuous traits.
Direction and degree of selection was qualitatively measured using the neutrality index [ 57], based on the McDonald Kreitman Test [ 51].
SCN simulations of globular proteins, and the corresponding mean-field models, which take into account both mutation and selection, reproduce qualitatively these results.
Residual checks confirmed the parameterization of our models, and sensitivity analyses indicated that our findings were qualitatively robust to confounder selection.
As seen in Figure 4, A and C, the allele frequency trajectories of the focal QTL under truncation selection are qualitatively different from the trajectories under a constant selection coefficient.
Considering this, leaf width may be a supplementary tool, that may be used in the early phases of the process of genotype selection, for discriminating qualitatively promising high yielding materials.
We also provide complete diversity results for each selection mechanism and qualitatively discuss the application of the framework to other fading configurations.
The results for asymmetric selection coefficients are qualitatively identical.
