The effect of a variable environment on the genetic correlation structure in a field cricket

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 267-275

  Simons, Andrew M ^a,b   Roff, Derek A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cricket; Environmental variability; Genetic correlations; Genotype environment interaction; Gryllus pennsylvanicus; Life history characters; Phenotypic correlations; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS;

EID: 0030023324     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04490.x     Document Type: Article

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