Founder effects and peak shifts without genetic drift: Adaptive peak shifts occur easily when environments fluctuate slightly

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1044-1048

  Whitlock, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Founder effect; Founder events; Peak shifts; Shifting balance theory; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC DRIFT; MODELLING; SPECIATION;

EID: 0030866612     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03951.x     Document Type: Article

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