Experimental evolution of phenotypic plasticity: How predictive are cross-environment genetic correlations?

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-335

  Czesak, Mary Ellen ^a   Fox, Charles W ^b   Wolf, Jason B ^c  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Egg size; G E interaction; Genetic correlation; Phenotypic plasticity; Propagule size

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; STATOR LIMBATUS;

EID: 33748782835     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506919     Document Type: Article

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