The evolution of genetic canalization under fluctuating selection

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Kawecki, Tadeusz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canalization; Changing environments; Epistasis; Evolvability; Genetic architecture; Genetic variance; Modifier selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 0034076018     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00001.x     Document Type: Article

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