Selection and phenotypic plasticity in evolutionary biology and animal breeding

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-214

  De Jong, G ^a   Bijma, P ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genotype by environment interaction; Index selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Random regression models; Reaction norms; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037146837     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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