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Lande (1983) wrote, “A sudden change in the
optimum phenotype in an adaptive zone can create strong selection for a
major phenotypic change, sustained over several generations. If selection
for the major effect of a major mutation is sufficiently strong to overcome
its deleterious pleiotrophic effects, it may be fixed in a population before
the new optimum phenotype can be built up by accumulation of minor
mutations.” |