Implications of the difference between true and predicted breeding values for the study of natural selection and micro-evolution

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-320

  Postma, E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Animal model; BLUP; Heritability; Natural population; Natural selection; Pedigree; Reliability; Selection differential; Selection gradient

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDICTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645024548     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01007.x     Document Type: Review

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