Genetic and phenotypic correlations in plants: A botanical test of Cheverud's conjecture

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 310-319

  Waitt, Damon E ^a   Levin, Donald A ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Morphological integration; Phenotypic correlation

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031944731     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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