Estimating genetic correlations from measurements of field-caught waterstriders

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2126-2130

  Ferguson, Ian M ^a   Fairbairn, Daphne J ^a,b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaris remigis; Body size; Genetic correlation; Gerridae; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; AVES; GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; HEMIPTERA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035543319     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01327.x     Document Type: Article

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