Using path analysis to measure natural selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 423-433

  Scheiner, S M ^a,d   Mitchell, R J ^b   Callahan, H S ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Directional selection; Natural selection; Nonlinear selection; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; NATURAL SELECTION; PATH ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034021183     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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