Density-dependent selection on horn phenotype in Soay sheep

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1355, 1997, Pages 839-850

  Clutton Brock, T H ^a   Wilson, K ^b   Stevenson, I R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HORNEDNESS; SELECTION PRESSURE; SOAY SHEEP;

HIRTA; SCOTLAND; ST KILDA; UK; WESTERN ISLES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031590047     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0064     Document Type: Article

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