The evolution of threshold traits in animals

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-35

  Roff, Derek A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPH; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; THRESHOLD TRAIT;

EID: 0030446795     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/419266     Document Type: Article

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