Finding the way in phenotypic space: The origin and maintenance of constraints on organismal form

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-438

  Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Inference; Natural selection; Phenotypic space; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHAPE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS;

EID: 34548289904     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm069     Document Type: Review

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