Natural selection, evolvability and bias due to environmental covariance in the field in an annual plant

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1073-1083

  Winn, A A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence time; Environmental covariance; Leaf morphology; Phenotypic selection; Selection on family mean

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; LAMIACEAE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 4444330547     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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