The genetic theory of adaptation: A brief history

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Orr, H Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC THEORY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 13144257707     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1523     Document Type: Review

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