A reassessment of genetic limits to evolutionary change

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1371-1384

  Blows, Mark W ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

G matrix; Genetic correlations and variance; Heritability; Life history studies; Natural selection; Response to selection; Selection experiments; Species distributions; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 20444399511     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1209     Document Type: Review

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