Epistasis in polygenic traits and the evolution of genetic architecture under stabilizing selection

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 708-734

  Hermisson, Joachim ^a,c   Hansen, Thomas F ^b   Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canalization; Epistasis; Genetic architecture; Genetic variance; Mutation selection balance; Mutational robustness; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

EPISTASIS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LOAD; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0038104682     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374204     Document Type: Article

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