Perspective: Here's to fisher, additive genetic variance, and the fundamental theorem of natural selection

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1313-1316

  Crow, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Average effect; Average excess; Fitness; Fundamental theorem of natural selection; Optimum principles

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION;

MARTES PENNANTI;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036347826     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01445.x     Document Type: Article

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