Quantitative genetic analysis of life-history traits of Caenorhabditis elegans in stressful environments

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Harvey, Simon C ^a   Shorto, Alison ^a   Viney, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 2; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PAEDOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 40849094403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-15     Document Type: Article

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