Phenotypic integration: Between zero and how much is too much: Letters

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-250

  Fornoni, Juan ^a   Ordano, Mariano ^b   Boege, Karina ^a   Domínguez, César A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Correlation matrix; Floral morphology; Modularity; Phenotyic evolution; Phenotypic integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FLOWER; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 67649470762     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02911.x     Document Type: Letter

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