The evolutionary genetics of adaptation: A simulation study

Genetical Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-214

  Allen Orr, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0343776158     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672399004164     Document Type: Review

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