The joint effects of kin, multilevel selection and indirect genetic effects on response to genetic selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1175-1188

  Bijma, P ^a   Wade, M J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Group selection; Hamilton's rule; Indirect genetic effects; Kin selection; Multilevel selection; Quantitative genetics; Relatedness; Response to selection; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; RELATEDNESS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 49549114430     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01550.x     Document Type: Article

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