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IN order to estimate the normal intensities of natural selection on quantitative characters, characters must be chosen for reasons other than the likelihood of natural selection operating on them1. This communication deals with one suitable character.
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VAN VALEN, L. Selection in Natural Populations: Human Fingerprints. Nature 200, 1237–1238 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001237a0
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