Fitness measures in selection analyses: Sensitivity to the overall number of offspring produced in a lifetime

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 282-292

  Dugdale, H L ^a,b   Nouvellet, P ^a,c   Pope, L C ^b   Burke, T ^b   MacDonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at first reproduction; Age at last reproduction; Individual fitness; Lifetime reproductive success; Microsatellite; Mustelidae; Opportunity for selection; Parentage analysis; Reproductive skew; Selection gradient

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUSTELID; PARENTAGE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUSTELIDAE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 74349099027     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01896.x     Document Type: Article

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