Natural selection on the genetical component of variance in body condition in a wild bird population

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 918-929

  Merila J ^a,d   Kruuk, L E B ^a,b   Sheldon, B C ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Body mass index; Breeding value; Condition; Dominance variance; Fitness; Heritability; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY SIZE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035670402     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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