The evolution of genetic architecture

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2006, Pages 123-157

  Hansen, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canalization; Epistasis; Evolvability; Genotype phenotype map; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; MAPPING METHOD; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 33751314398     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.37.091305.110224     Document Type: Review

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