Maintaining evolvability

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-353

  Crow, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Dominance; Epistasis; Polygenes; Quantitative genetics; Selection response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; NOTE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58549107845     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 00221333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-008-0057-8     Document Type: Note

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