Maternal effects and the response to selection in red squirrels

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1534, 2004, Pages 75-79

  McAdam, Andrew G ^a,b   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Indirect genetic effects; Maternal effects; Natural population; Selection; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; LITTER SIZE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE; SQUIRREL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0347933054     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2572     Document Type: Article

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