The calculation and significance testing of genetic correlations across environments

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 853-874

  Windig, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Genetic correlation across environments; Jackknife; Monte Carlo simulation; Phenotypic plasticity; REML analysis

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTCITY; SIGNIFICANCE TEST;

EID: 0031464101     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050058     Document Type: Article

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