Heritability of head size in the common gull Larus canus in relation to environmental conditions during offspring growth

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-207

  Larsson, Kjell ^a   Rattiste, Kalev ^a,b   Lilleleht, Vilju ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Body size; Common gull; Genotype environment interaction; Heritability; Larus canus; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; COMMON GULL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GENETICS; HEAD LENGTH; HERITABILITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ESTONIA;

AVES; LARUS CANUS;

EID: 0030747964     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.143     Document Type: Article

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