Four characters in a trade-off: Dissecting their phenotypic and genetic relations

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 492-498

  Stirling, Gray ^a   Roff, Derek ^a   Fairbairn, Daphne ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional integration; Genetic correlation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; TRADE-OFF;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS FIRMUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0032848918     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050882     Document Type: Article

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