Quantifying the decanalizing effects of spontaneous mutations in rhabditid nematodes

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-281

  Baer, Charles F ^a  

^a Genetics Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Canalization; Environmental variance; Mutation accumulation; Mutational variance; Robustness

Indexed keywords

CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION; NEMATODE; PERTURBATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CAENORHABDITIS; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; DOMINANT GENE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MUTATION; NEMATODE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; GENES, DOMINANT; HETEROZYGOTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; RHABDITIDA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 49849099738     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589455     Document Type: Article

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