Linking genotypes to phenotypes and fitness: How mechanistic biology can inform molecular ecology

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4997-5017

  Dalziel, Anne C ^a   Rogers, Sean M ^b   Schulte, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Candidate gene; Genetic variation; Physiology; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 71549158571     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04427.x     Document Type: Review

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