Genetic covariance structure of growth in the salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum

Heredity

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 569-578

  Ragland, G J ^a,b   Carter, P A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Constraint; Covariance function; Evolution; Function valued; Growth trajectory; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METAMORPHOSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; URODELA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042741136     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800462     Document Type: Article

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