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Published: Mar 31, 2026
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Yun-Yun Yu

School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

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Cang Hui

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa; National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa; and International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology, London N1 2EE, United Kingdom

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Tian-Jiao Feng

Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Center for Computational and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

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Cong Li

School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

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Chao Wang

School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

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Yi Tao

Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Center for Computational and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

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Rui-Wu Wang

College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

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Yun-Yun Yu, Cang Hui, Tian-Jiao Feng, et al. (2026). The Time Invariance and Nondecreasing Expectation of an Evolutionary Path Characteristic under Weak Selection. The American Naturalist, 000-000. https://doi.org/10.1086/739954

The Time Invariance and Nondecreasing Expectation of an Evolutionary Path Characteristic under Weak Selection

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