Selection on heritable seasonal phenotypic plasticity of body mass

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1969-1979

  Pelletier, Fanie ^a   Réale, Denis ^b   Garant, Dany ^c   Coltman, David W ^d   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Body mass; Genetic correlations; Heritability; Ovis canadensis; Temperate species

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; SHEEP;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP, BIGHORN;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; RAM MOUNTAIN;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547651440     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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