Heritability of body size in the Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis Hupé 1854): Effects of environment and ageing

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Alcapán, Angélica C ^a   Nespolo, Roberto F ^a   Toro, Jorge E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Maternal non additive variance; Mytilus chilensis

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BIVALVE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS CHILENSIS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 33847211091     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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