Genetic architecture of fitness and nonfitness traits: Empirical patterns and development of ideas

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-109

  Merilä, Juha ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Dominance variance; Fitness; Heritability; Life history traits; Natural selection; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIANCE; HERITABILITY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FITNESS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033180526     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00585.x     Document Type: Review

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