Evolutionary pressure

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The evolutionary pressure of a trait is the magnitude of change to its mean genotype per generation. For example, if IQ changes by 10 points in a generation, and people in generation 2 would be +5 IQ in generation 1's mean environment, on average, then the evolutionary pressure on IQ was 5 points.

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