Experimental demonstration of a causal relationship between heterogeneity of selection and genetic differentiation in quantitative traits

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1434-1445

  Porcher, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Giraud, Tatiana ^a   Goldringer, Isabelle ^a   Lavigne, Claire ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Diversifying selection; Local adaptation; Metapopulation; Population structure; Uniform selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROGENEITY; SELECTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 3543085720     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01725.x     Document Type: Article

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