How much do genetic covariances alter the rate of adaptation?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1659, 2009, Pages 1183-1191

  Agrawal, Aneil F ^a   Stinchcombe, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Constraints; Genetic correlations; Genetic covariances; Phenotypic evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION;

EID: 60049087351     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1671     Document Type: Article

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