Are QST-FST comparisons for natural populations meaningful?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4782-4785

  Pujol, B ^a   Wilson, A J ^b   Ross, R I C ^a   Pannell, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FST; Local adaptation; PST; Population differentiation; QST; Wild populations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 55849127504     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03958.x     Document Type: Note

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