Genetic constraints on phenotypic evolution in Nigella (Ranunculaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 519-532

  Andersson, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolutionary constraints; Heritability; Inbreeding depression; N. degenii; Nigella arvensis; Population divergence; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

GENETIC CONSTRAINT; HERITABILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION;

NIGELLA; NIGELLA ARVENSIS; NIGELLA DEGENII; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 0031431492     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0174     Document Type: Article

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