Unpredictable selection in a structured population leads to local genetic differentiation in evolved reaction norms

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 839-851

  De Jong, G ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Vakgroep Botanische Oecologie E   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genetic differentiation; Reaction norm; Structured population; Unpredictable selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; SELECTION;

EID: 0032873739     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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