Fitness patterns and phenotypic plasticity in a spatially heterogeneous environment

Genetical Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-248

  Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^b   Bergman, Aviv ^c  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Interval Research Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MUTATION RATE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0030484002     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300034212     Document Type: Article

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