Assessment of genetic information in morphometric traits: Geographic patterns and evolutionary interpretation

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 405-416

  Sugg, Derrick W ^a,d   Chesser, Ronald K ^a,b   Long, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b National Institutes of Health ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic patterns; Heritability; Morphometric traits; Peromyscus; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS ATTWATERI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031543884     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382894     Document Type: Review

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