A tale of two matrices: Multivariate approaches in evolutionary biology

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Blows, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic constraints; Genetic variance covariance matrix; Nonlinear selection; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; SELECTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845703005     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01164.x     Document Type: Review

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