From micro to macroevolution through quantitative genetic variation: Positive evidence from field crickets

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2287-2304

  Bégin, Mattieu ^a   Roff, Derek A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common principal components; Evolutionary constraint; Heritability; Matrix comparison; Phylogenetic signal; Population divergence; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; TELEOGRYLLUS;

EID: 7544240874     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01604.x     Document Type: Article

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