Evolvability and genetic constraint in Dalechampia blossoms: Components of variance and measures of evolvability

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 754-766

  Hansen, Thomas F ^a,b   Pélabon, Christophe ^a   Scott Armbruster, W ^a,c   Carlson, Matthew L ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dalechampia; Diallel design; Evolvability; Genetic constraint; Genetic variation; Heritability; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; EUPHORBIA; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EUPHORBIACEAE; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DALECHAMPIA; DALECHAMPIA SCANDENS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 0037594669     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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