Evolution of threshold traits: The balance between directional selection, drift and mutation

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Roff, Derek A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Dimorphism; Heritability; Mutation; Selection; Threshold traits

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SELECTION; THRESHOLD TRAIT;

EID: 0031889496     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6882620     Document Type: Article

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