Stabilising selection in constant and fluctuating environments

Heredity

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1974, Pages 293-302

  Gibson, John B ^a   Bradley, Brian P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; NORMAL VALUE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION; STABILIZING SELECTION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0016342777     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1974.95     Document Type: Article

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