Pedagog: Software for simulating eco-evolutionary population dynamics

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 558-563

  Coombs, Jason A ^a   Letcher, B H ^b   Nislow, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Heritability; Natural selection; Pedigree; Sexual selection; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953044761     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02803.x     Document Type: Article

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