A general model of functional constraints on phenotypic evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 681-689

  Walker, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlational selection; Evolvability; Facilitations; Functional integration; Performance; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FACILITATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 35348823611     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521957     Document Type: Article

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