Meanings of divergent selection in English

Ecological speciation occurs when ecologically based, divergent selection causes the evolution of reproductive isolation.

The LH F2 resource population originated from noninbred lines of mice that had undergone divergent selection for heat loss.

Ecological character displacement occurs when competition imposes divergent selection on interacting species, causing divergence in traits associated with resource use.

Genetic drift and divergent selection are predicted to be strong on islands and both could drive population divergence and speciation.

In trial 2, divergent selection on the basis of Pharaoh quail BW decrease altered IMC crosslinking, leading to variability in meat tenderness of Pharaoh quail.

Nonetheless, outlier tests identified 3.6-6.6% of loci as high FST outliers, suggesting that despite strong genetic drift, divergent selection contributes to population divergence.