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Figure 6

From: Impacts of genetic correlation on the independent evolution of body mass and skeletal size in mammals

Figure 6

Observed and predicted changes in body mass and tibia length under different evolutionary scenarios. Observed (open red circles) and predicted (open blue squares) changes in cube root body mass (left panels) and tibia length (right panels) for Line 1 (top) and Line 2 (bottom) from generations F02 to F14. The green line (open triangles) shows the predicted changes in both traits in the absence of genetic covariance, while the purple line (open diamonds) shows the predicated changes in both traits if selection gradients were in the same (positive) direction.

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