Quantitative genetic variance maintained by fluctuating selection with overlapping generations: Variance components and covariances

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 682-696

  Sasaki, Akira ^a   Ellner, Stephen ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary genetic stability; Fluctuating selection; Hardy Weinberg disequilibrium; Linkage disequilibrium; Quantitative genetic variance; Storage effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030833628     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03652.x     Document Type: Article

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