The maintenance of phenotypic and genetic variation in threshold traits by frequency-dependent selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 513-529

  Roff, D A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Dimorphism; Frequency dependent selection; Heritability; Mutation; Threshold traits

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; THRESHOLD TRAIT;

EID: 0031839908     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050103     Document Type: Article

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