A population genetics model for multiple quantitative traits exhibiting pleiotropy and epistasis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 419-437

  Taylor, Christopher F ^a   Higgs, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MODELING;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; EPISTASIS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0034696762     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.1094     Document Type: Article

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