Experimental evolution in Chlamydomonas. IV. Selection in environments that vary through time at different scales

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 732-741

  Kassen, Rees ^a   Bell, Graham ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Environmental grain; Generalist; Plasticity; Specialist; Versatility

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION; EVOLTUION; GENERALIST; SPECIALIST;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0031847357     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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