Antler size in red deer: Heritability and selection but no evolution

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1683-1695

  Kruuk, Loeske E B ^a,b   Slate, Jon ^a,c   Pemberton, Josephine M ^a   Brotherstone, Sue ^a   Guinness, Fiona ^b   Clutton Brock, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Animal model; Breeding values; Cervus elaphus; Population density; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

DEER; EVOLUTION; HERITABILITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0036694572     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01480.x     Document Type: Article

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