The evolution of the phenotypic covariance matrix: Evidence for selection and drift in Melanoplus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1104-1114

  Roff, D A ^a   Mousseau, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flury hierarchy; G matrix; Jackknife manova method; Matrix comparisons; P matrix; Phenotypic evolution; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CALIFORNIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPERS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

MELANOPLUS; MELANOPLUS DEVASTATOR; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES;

EID: 22144483432     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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