Epistasis and the temporal change in the additive variance-covariance matrix induced by drift

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1655-1663

  López Fanjul, Carlos ^a   Fernández, Almudena ^b   Toro, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dominance; Epistasis; Genetic covariance; Genetic variance; Inbreeding; Population bottlenecks

Indexed keywords

EPISTASIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; POPULATION BOTTLENECK;

EID: 4344642238     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00451.x     Document Type: Article

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