Canalization, genetic assimilation and preadaptation: A quantitative genetic model

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2119-2133

  Eshel, Ilan ^a   Matessi, Carlo ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); STRESS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031927740     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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